Pottery type

Pinedale Red-on-Buff Pottery

Pinedale Red-on-Buff1200 - 1300 A.D.Mogollon / Mimbres Pottery

Key facts

Age
1200 - 1300 A.D.
Cultural period
Mogollon / Mimbres Pottery
Material
Buff-firing clay with sand temper; red iron-oxide painted decoration.

Description

Light buff-bodied ware with red painted designs, often using simple banded and rectilinear motifs. Less elaborate than polychrome versions.

Size

Bowls 16–26 cm in diameter; jars 20–32 cm tall.

Distribution

Primarily in east-central Arizona, overlapping with Pinedale Polychrome areas.

Mainly found in

Additional information

Represents a localized Mogollon red ware variant during the late Pueblo period.

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