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TSEGI ORANGE
WARE
--> MEDICINE
BLACK-ON-RED
--> TUSAYAN
BLACK-ON-RED
--> CAMERON
POLYCHROME
--> CITADEL
POLYCHROME
--> TSEGI
RED-ON-ORANGE
--> TSEGI
BLACK-ON-ORANGE
--> TSEGI
POLYCHROME
--> TUSAYAN
POLYCHROME
--> KAYENTA
POLYCHROME
--> KIET
SIEL POLYCHROME
CITADEL POLYCHROME
DESCRIPTION: Construction: by coiling and scraping. Fired:
finished in oxidizing atmosphere. Core: black to gray, dark brown
(rare), to brick red. Carbon streak: common. Temper: mostly soft,
light colored whitish or yellowish angular fragments of sherd,
usually lesser amount of quartz sand; occasionally isolated grains
of basalt; conspicuous in cross section of reddish color; noticeable
on surface. Vessel walls: medium strong to strong. Texture Core:
fine. Fracture: slightly crumbling to shattering. Surface finish:
bowls usually smooth; occasionally bumpy; polished; horizontal
polishing marks conspicuous around sides; exterior bowl surfaces
slipped, except that broad unslipped stripe often occurs just
below rim; base generally unslipped; slip generally thick with
temper extruding; often crazed; slip flakes off large areas of
heavily weathered sherds leaving core mottled with temper. Surface
color: exterior red; interior orange; color interior surface and
core generally do not contrast. Form: bowl. Thickness: bowls:
2.6 to 7.0 mm; average about 4.8 mm. Decoration: painted black
and red, confined to interior.
DESCRIPTION
CORE: Construction: by coiling and scraping. Fired: finally in oxidizing
atmosphere Core: gray, light brown to brick-red Carbon streak: fairly
common. Temper: about equal amounts of quartz sand and crushed sherd;
temper noticeable on surfaces, sometimes conspicuous especially
on worn or polished surfaces. Vessel walls: medium to strong. Texture
core: medium. Fracture: slightly crumbling to shattering. Surface
finish: bowls, usually somewhat bumpy, sometimes polished; scraping
and polishing marks often invisible but sometimes conspicuous, sometimes
pitted, both surfaces of bowls compacted. Surface color: orange,
color surface and core contrast when core is gray. Fire clouds:
common. Forms: bowls, dippers, jars; bowls have single horizontal
handle; jars have vertical handles; bases of vessels generally depressed.
Thickness: bowls: 3.7 to 6.8 mm; average 5.1 mm. jars: 2.5 to 10.5
mm; average about 5.4 mm. Decoration: none.
RANGE: Marsh Pass and the Tsegi Canyons, Navajo County, Arizona.
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