PERIOD: Late Pueblo II- Early Pueblo III.
DATES: A.D. 1070-1180 (Mills, Goetze, and Zedeno 1993; but see Breternitz
1966; Colton 1958; Downum 1988).
See Ware Description, except:
Surface Appearance: Bowl interiors and exterior jar surfaces are polished,
and well compacted. Often coated with a thin (to thick) white slip. Bowl exteriors
often scraped, but not polished. Occasional fire clouds occur on surface.
Surface Color: White, bluish white or pearl gray.
Vessel Forms: Bowls, jars, ladles (rare).
Rims: Uniform side walls usually with rounded lip, flat or beveled lip rare.
Decoration and Paint: Painted, line width averages 6.7 mm., range 5-8 mm.
Carbon paint black, sometimes brownish. Design
elements include triangles, elongated
triangles, and barbs, often interlocking.
Interlocking hooks, stepped elements, and
wide parallel lines common. Interlocking
scrolls rare. Designs are bold and free, and generally well executed.
Ratio of black to white is nearly even, or tends toward more white. Bowls
usually have a lunate design layout, centers are often undecorated. Jars
have a band of design encircling the body with a different, simpler design
around the neck.
RANGE: Northeastern Arizona.
COMPARISON: Black Mesa Black-on-white, treatment somewhat less bold and
execution less precise; elements more closely massed; pendant dots and continuous
rows of solid triangles, frequent. Flagstaff Black-on-white, somewhat less
bold in treatment, width of lines avg. 3.5 mm.; pinnate lines and coarse cross-hatching
frequent; often rather less well-polished. Little Colorado White Ware Holbrook
B Black-on-white has a dark gray paste, sherd temper,
and surface has a heavy white slip. Cibola White Ware Escavada and Puerco
Black-on-white have mineral paint.
CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: Kayenta Anasazi
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Copyright 2001 Northern Arizona University.
Sosi Black-on-white
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