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Pottery type
Reserve Black-on-White Pottery
Reserve Black-on-White950 - 1150 A.D.Mogollon / Mimbres PotteryKey facts
- Age
- 950 - 1150 A.D.
- Cultural period
- Mogollon / Mimbres Pottery
- Material
- Clay bodies with sand or crushed rock temper; surfaces carry a light slip; designs painted with mineral pigment.
Description
White-slipped ware with black painted designs, including parallel lines, stepped motifs, and hachure. Reserve pottery bridges Mogollon and Cibola traditions and often displays hybrid stylistic traits.
Size
Bowls 18–28 cm in diameter; jars 20–35 cm tall. Walls moderately thick.
Distribution
Produced in west-central New Mexico and parts of eastern Arizona.
Mainly found in
Additional information
Reserve types mark major Mogollon cultural developments during late pithouse and early pueblo periods.