Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Maricopa Pottery: Sallie McKinley
Added photos of two vessels to Maricopa Potter Sallie McKinley: http://rarepotteryinfo.siteprotect.net/protect/MaricopaSallieMcKinley.htm
Salado White-on-Red
Just added photos of the largest olla that we have ever seen of this particular pottery type: http://rarepotteryinfo.siteprotect.net/protect/saladowhiteonred.htm
Measures Approximately 15 1/2" by 12"
Mojave Pottery Pipe
Added photos of a Mojave Pottery Pipe attributed to Annie Fields: http://rarepotteryinfo.siteprotect.net/protect/MohaveAnnieFields.htm
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Recommended Reading:
Clan migrations of the Jornada Mogollon Hopi and Casas Grandes Hopi enroute to the Hopi Mesas
A Framework for Understanding the Evolution of Survey Methods in Cultural Resource Management (A Paper Presented in the Symposium "Low Density Archaeological Phenomena" at the Fifth Jornada Mogollon Conference, Human Systems Research, Tularosa, New Mexico, October 16, 1987)
To learn more about the Jornada Mogollon we recommend Jornada Mogollon Archaeology, Collected Papers from the Eleventh Jornada Mogollon Conference. 2001. Edited by Patrick H. Beckett.
Advances in Middle Pecos Archaeology (Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Fourth Jornada Mogollon Conference, Tularosa, New Mexico, on October 12, 1985)
THE JORNADA BRANCH OF THE MOGOLLON. University of Arizona Bulletin Vol. XIX No. 2 April, 1948. Social Science Bulletin No. 17.
A Framework for Understanding the Evolution of Survey Methods in Cultural Resource Management (A Paper Presented in the Symposium "Low Density Archaeological Phenomena" at the Fifth Jornada Mogollon Conference, Human Systems Research, Tularosa, New Mexico, October 16, 1987)
To learn more about the Jornada Mogollon we recommend Jornada Mogollon Archaeology, Collected Papers from the Eleventh Jornada Mogollon Conference. 2001. Edited by Patrick H. Beckett.
Advances in Middle Pecos Archaeology (Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Fourth Jornada Mogollon Conference, Tularosa, New Mexico, on October 12, 1985)
THE JORNADA BRANCH OF THE MOGOLLON. University of Arizona Bulletin Vol. XIX No. 2 April, 1948. Social Science Bulletin No. 17.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Artifacts: Stone Palettes
Studying the "evolution" of stone palettes - they basically began and ended as uninteresting, unshaped, and undecorated flat stones used for mixing or pulverizing paint pigments, however, during their "hayday" in the Colonial Period, many were quite exquisite. Stone palettes became a unique artifact during the Colonial Period that were primarily made by the Hohokam. Trade with the Hohokam may have influenced Mimbres stone carvers to make palettes also, but not as many or as elaborate as the Hohokam. Most palettes easily fit in ones hand being rectilinear in shape. Most measure between four to eight inches in length, however they were made in a wide range of sizes. Miniatures have been found as well as comparatively huge "altar" pieces. Palettes are usually made of slate or slate-like schist, earlier and later undecorated ones were usually made of harder stone. Many have a slight basin in or near the center caused by grinding. Some have been found containing traces of red, white, and yellow paints, although palettes may have been used to grind organic material as well. Many have been found with patches of lead slag encrustations on the surfaces, some of these have small vitreous green glaze patches also. Most palettes were offerings used in cremation ceremonies, but not all of them. The lead was likely lead carbonate and when burned glowed a strong red color (Hawly in Gladwin & others, 1965;282-289) Perhaps adding other ores produced other colors when burned. A copper ore was likely added to the ones that produced the green glaze. Palettes may have been used for a variety of things, they have been called receptacles, trays, snuff trays, tablets, plaques, lapstones, paint slabs, and even game boards.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
TAOS Pueblo
Rising five stories from the base of Taos Mountain, the Pueblo is the inspiration for what is now known as Southwestern Architecture.
Yes, Taos has a casino. A portion of the revenue generated from the casino goes to purchasing land adjacent to Blue Lake. Blue Lake, an important religious site to the people of Taos Pueblo, was designated a National Forest by Presedent Roosevelt in 1906. Taos didn't even know of the forest designation until two men went to worship and where told they needed a "special use Permit" from the government. Upon visiting the area the men found that right on the site cabins, corrals, and an outhouse had been built. Many believed that Blue Lake had been lost forever, but 70 years later it was returned to the tribe. Along with 48,000 acres, Blue Lake was the first-ever piece of land returned by the U.S. Government.
Taos Pueblo has their own buffalo herd which they started in 1929. They started out with just 18 bison purchased from a Texas rancher. The rancher, Charles Goodnight, rescued buffalo calves orphaned by the U.S. Government's massacre of the herds during the 1800s. Mr. Goodnight passed on a short time after selling to the Taos Pueblo. Goodnight's rescues are the foundation of many of todays thriving herds, such as those found in Yellowstone National Park. Today, Taos Pueblo has an estimated 120-head in their bison herd. The herd is kept for traditional purposes and is not available to tourists.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Hohokam Crucibles
GILA PLAIN CRUCIBLES
AKA: Heavy-walled vessels
Date: A.D. 750 - 1125
Gila plain Crucibles may simply be a unique or rare form of a censer to burn incense. Although the small orifice would be proper for a crucible in that it would help to retain heat and its contents would be less likely to boil out. Most are in the shape of a seed jar with a small orifice. A few have short necks, some may be considered to have rounded "gila shoulders" while others have "normal" rounded bottoms (in profile). They can be relatively thin at the top but gain thickness toward the bottom. They are only known to date from the Colonial thru the Sedentary Periods (A.D. 750-1125) and became more common as time passed.
A few have been found to contain a pitch like substance and when burned, smelled like pitch (Haury,1978; 228). Their use as a censer or crucible has been explored, another possibility is that they could have been used as a hand-held light. The small orifice would lend itself to illuminate just the head of a person much the way a flashlight does for Halloween storytellers. One can image further that a masked priest or "shaman" could be a distance away from a crowd on a dark night with only his masked head illuminated while moving, perhaps seemingly floating around!
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