Mimbres Ceramic Typology

Black and white and sometimes red and brown.
Mimbres ceramic typology. Mimbres polychrome bowl sherds. This piece of pottery is certainly not the typical signature mimbres black on white style but a. Archaeologists often use the term mimbres culture to refer generally to groups who lived in the region and produced mimbres black on white pottery. Mimbres classic style iii black on white polychrome.
Mogollon culture m ʌ ɡ ɪ ˈ j oʊ n m oʊ is an archaeological culture of native american peoples from southern new mexico and arizona northern sonora and chihuahua and western texas the northern part of this region is oasisamerica while the southern span of the mogollon culture is known as aridoamerica. C lassic mimbres pottery is famous and admired today for its beautiful minimalist style. Mimbres classic style iii black on white polychrome. Mimbres classic black on white seed jar.
1100 a d clay 66 609. Cibola zuni region reserve mogollon highlands. Mimbres classic style iii black on white polychrome. El morro valley prehistory project ceramic form keith kintigh arizona state university emvpp ceramic guide keith kintigh and others arizona state university cibola white ware identification flowchart university of arizona anasazi painted pottery in the field museum of natural history 1940 somewhat outdated but a good source of.
Elegant geometric patterns and figurative drawings grace these pots with a strikingly limited color palette. The new jersey state museum has a small brown jar corrugated labeled jar mimbres c. But it turns out that ancient southwestern potters may have pointed to color in their pieces in code. The mimbres region of the american southwest is celebrated for the beautiful and expressive black on white pottery made there in the distant past.