Pottery Artifacts Gallery

SLIDE 1:

Chapin Black-on-white bowls
A.D. 575–880

  • See following three photographs for close-ups of individual vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 2:

Chapin Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 575–880

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (95.6.5MT8565.RC1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 3:

Chapin Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 575–880

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (99.16.5MT11861.RC447)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 4:

Chapin Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 575–880

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.4.5LP0245.RC1096)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 5:

Assorted Chapin Gray vessels
A.D. 600–980

  • See following eight photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 6:

Chapin Gray jar
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT2181.RC13)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 7:

Chapin Gray olla (prounounced OY-yah), or water jar
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT23.RC91)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 8:

Chapin Gray seed jar
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (98.8.5MT9168.PL130)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 9:

Chapin Gray bowl
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.4.5LP0185.RC65)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 10:

Chapin Gray gourd-shaped dipper
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT5107.RC2)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 11:

Chapin Gray gourd-shaped jar
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4644.RC10)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 12:

Chapin Gray effigy jar (bear?)
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT2182.RC1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 13:

Chapin Gray tri-lobe bowl
A.D. 600–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2000.10.5MT12205.RC1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 14:

Abajo Red-on-orange seed jar and bowl
A.D. 725–880

  • See following two photographs for close-ups of individual vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 15:

Abajo Red-on-orange bowl
A.D. 725–880

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT2181.RC3)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 16:

Abajo Red-on-orange seed jar
A.D. 725–880

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4644.RC16)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 17:

Bluff Black-on-red vessels
A.D. 800–1020

  • See following three photographs for close-ups of individual vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 18:

Bluff Black-on-red bowl
A.D. 800–1020

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4644.RC8)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 19:

Bluff Black-on-red bowl
A.D. 800–1020

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT2181.RC2)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 20:

Bluff Black-on-red seed jar
A.D. 800–1020

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT2182.RC16)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 21:

Piedra Black-on-white vessels
A.D. 800–920

  • See following three photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 22:

Piedra Black-on-white jar
A.D. 800–920

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT23.CER.6193.4.1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 23:

Piedra Black-on-white bowl fragment
A.D. 800–920

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT23.RC116)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 24:

Piedra Black-on-white canteen
A.D. 800–920

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4477.RC18)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 25:

Moccasin Gray jars
A.D. 800–980

  • See following three photographs for close-ups of individual vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 26:

Moccasin Gray jar
A.D. 800–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (93.2.5MT3868.V26)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 27:

Moccasin Gray jar
A.D. 800–980

  • Note small “pinch” handles on vessel shoulder.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT23.RC53)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 28:

Moccasin Gray jar
A.D. 800–980

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4475.RC56)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 29:

Mancos Gray jars
A.D. 880–1060

  • See following two photographs for close-ups of individual vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 30:

Mancos Gray jar
A.D. 880–1060

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4475.RC55)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 31:

Mancos Gray jar
A.D. 880–1060

Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT23.RC89)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 32:

Deadmans Black-on-red ladle
A.D. 880–1100

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.10)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 33:

Deadmans Black-on-red ladle
A.D. 880–1100

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.10)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 34:

Cortez Black-on-white vessels
A.D. 920–1060

  • See following three photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 35:

Cortez Black-on-white gourd-shaped jar
A.D. 920–1060

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4475.RC51)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 36:

Cortez Black-on-white seed jar
A.D. 920–1060

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.4)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 37:

Cortez Black-on-white gourd-shaped ladle fragment
A.D. 920–1060

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (78.1.5MT4475.RC26)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 38:

Mancos Black-on-white vessels
A.D. 920–1180

  • See following six photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 39:

Mancos Black-on-white olla
A.D. 920–1180

  • Painted design on handle may represent turkey tracks.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.5)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 40:

Mancos Black-on-white ladle
A.D. 920–1180

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.9)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 41:

Mancos Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 920–1180

Painted figure on interior and corrugations on exterior are unusual; drilled holes may have been to mend cracked bowl.

Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.15.5MT338.132)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 42:

Mancos Black-on-white jar
A.D. 920–1180

  • Shape thought to somewhat resemble that of a duck.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2000.17.5MT338.RC37)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 42:

Mancos Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 920–1180

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2014.2.5MT338.1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 44:

Mancos Black-on-white mug
A.D. 920–1180

  • Mugs were very unusual before A.D. 1180 but common during the 1200s; Pueblo people stopped making this vessel form by the end of the thirteenth century.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2000.17.5MT338.RC19)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 45:

Mancos Corrugated Gray jars
A.D. 920–1180

  • Mancos Corrugated Gray is characterized by its relatively straight up-and-down, or only slightly flared, rim.
  • See following photo for close-up of large vessel.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 46:

Mancos Corrugated Gray jar
A.D. 920–1180

  • Mancos Corrugated Gray is characterized by its relatively straight up-and-down, or only slightly flared, rim.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (96.4.5MT10595.RC1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 47:

McElmo Black-on-white vessels
A.D. 1060–1260

  • See following five photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 48:

McElmo Black-on-white bowl fragment
A.D. 1060–1260

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V145 R9U751)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 49:

McElmo Black-on-white mug
A.D. 1060–1260

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (93.19.5MT2525.RC23)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 50:

McElmo Black-on-white pitcher
A.D. 1060–1260

  • The painted design is characteristic of McElmo Black-on-white, but the vessel shape is similar to that of pitchers made in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (93.19.5MT2525.RC4)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 51:

McElmo Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 1060–1260

  • Painted figure is believed to represent Kokopelli, the hump-backed flute player.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (93.19.5MT2525)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 52:

McElmo Black-on-white ladle
A.D. 1060–1260

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.15.5MT338.154)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 53:

Mesa Verde Corrugated Gray vessels
A.D. 1100–1280

  • Mesa Verde Corrugated Gray is characterized by its rim, which is more flared than that of Mancos Corrugated Gray. Jars are the typical corrugated gray ware form; the corrugated mug is very unusual.
  • See following two photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 54:

Mesa Verde Corrugated Gray jar
A.D. 1100–1280

  • Detail (lower right) shows unusual punctate pattern below rim.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2000.17.5MT338.RC27)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 55:

Mesa Verde Corrugated Gray mug
A.D. 1100–1280

  • The vast majority of corrugated gray vessels are jars; mugs are rare.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.15.5MT338.V145)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 56:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white vessels
A.D. 1180–1280

  • See following eight photographs for close-ups of selected vessels.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 57:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (98.10.5MT1825.V1 R10U352)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 58:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V100 R9U553)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 59:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V103 R9U553)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 60:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white kiva jar
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Rim shaped to hold lid; see next photograph.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V134 R9U653)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 61:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white kiva jar lid
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Painted design on flat face believed to represent turkey.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V18)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 62:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white canteen
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (98.10.5MT1825.V4 R10U353)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 63:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white bowl
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2009.15.5MT338.117)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 64:

Mesa Verde Black-on-white ladle
A.D. 1180–1280

  • Wear on rim (close-up, foreground) indicates right-handed user.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (97.10.5MT765.V169)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 65:

Espinosa Polychrome bowl
A.D. 1425–1500

  • Courtesy Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History (29.0/4175)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 65:

Rio Grande glaze ware polychrome jar
A.D. 1425–1515

  • Courtesy Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History (29.0/4689)

Mark Montgomery, photographer