Type sites:
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Mesa Verde N. P.: Sites 103, 102, 786. La Plata district: Site 33. Mancos Canyon: Site 11.
(Breternitz et
al:30). |
Dating:
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Pueblo I (mid to late). AD 775 –
900.
Middle and Late PI, AD 775-900 (Wilson and
Blinman:47).
P I contexts, AD 775-900 (Varien: Appendix
A(1)) .
AD 750-900 (Reed, Erik K., 1958:79, cited
in Cattenach:210).
AD 700-750 beginning development at House
3, site 167 (Hayes and
Lancaster:114).
At Badger House, pottery is completely
Piedra ~875, changing to Cortez ~AD 900
(Hayes and
Lancaster:114).
AD 750-900 (Lucius and
Breternitz:19).
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Texture:
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Medium (Breternitz et
al:29).
Very fine texture on bowl interior surfaces (Cattenach:210).
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Temper:
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Crushed igneous, medium to coarse; rock and sherd; rock and sandstone;
sherd and sand
(Cattenach:210).
Crushed rock, some with sand (Hayes and
Lancaster:114).
Crushed igneous (Breternitz et
al:29; Varien).
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Slip:
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None (Cattenach:210).
23% in later proveniences (Hayes and
Lancaster:111).
Mostly unslipped, but 27-47% in La Plata area; 10% on Wetherill Mesa.
Less
frequent in western areas (Breternitz et
al:29).
Unslipped early, increasing with time (Varien:Appendix
A(1); Wilson and
Blinman:47).
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Paint:
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Usually mineral (Cattenach:210).
Mostly mineral but 3.8% organic at Badger (Hayes and
Lancaster:114).
Fired brown less frequently than Chapin (Breternitz et
al:29).
Fugitive red on exteriors (Varien:Appendix
A(1), less often than Chapin (Wilson
and Blinman:47).
Paint primarily on bowls, only on interiors; some pitchers have
simple, linear designs
(Hayes and Lancaster:114,
117).
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Polish:
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Low luster polish on most; almost all
are wiped and rubbed (Cattenach:210).
Usually some (Breternitz et
al:29; Varien:Appendix
A(1)).
Quality of polish improves with time (Wilson and
Blinman:47).
Increasing incidence (Hayes and
Lancaster:114).
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Rims:
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Solid or plain (Wilson and
Blinman:47).
Solid paint (Cattenach:210).
Solid paint or plain. Quite tapered, rounded tip (Breternitz et
al:29).
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Shape:
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Seed jars are spherical.
Pitchers have gourd shape and neck, no distinct shoulder.
Handles are solid and round (Hayes and Lancaster:114,
118).
Occasional exterior coil marks or tooling like Moccasin and Mancos Gray (Breternitz et
al:30).
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Design:
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In general, Piedra moves away from the Chapin bottom-centered and radiating patterns to more rim-oriented designs and below-rim bands
(Hayes and
Lancaster:114). Both Chapin and Cortez design elements are found, including:
Barbed, ticked, and squiggled lines
Fairly simple panels or encircling designs
Large units of parallel lines
More coverage than Chapin
Later Piedra examples at Badger House show:
Lines embellished with delicately-flagged or tipped solid triangles
Bands of parallel lines used as divider elements
Long bands of parallel, corner-turning lines (also
in P I Cibola style (Kiatuthlana), and Cortez)
Wavy lines over a guideline
Increasing solid triangles
A few checkerboards (Hayes and
Lancaster:114)
Jar bodies may be ‘wrapped’ with parallel lines (Varien:Appendix
A(1).
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