Pottery type
San Juan Red Ware
San Juan Red Ware750 - 1050 A.D.Ancestral Puebloan PotteryKey facts
- Age
- 750 - 1050 A.D.
- Cultural period
- Ancestral Puebloan Pottery
- Material
- Iron-rich clays fired in an oxidizing atmosphere to produce orange bodies; surfaces often carry a red slip. Sand temper is common. Paint is iron-oxide based, producing red to dark designs.
Description
Painted red ware characterized by red to orange slips and red or dark painted designs on bowls, jars, and seed jars. Decoration ranges from simple bands to more complex geometric layouts but is generally more open than later Tsegi and Roosevelt red wares.
Size
Bowls typically 16–28 cm in diameter; jars 20–35 cm tall. Seed jars are more globular and usually 12–22 cm in diameter.
Distribution
Produced in the northern San Juan region of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado but widely traded across the Four Corners, into Nevada and as far south as the Phoenix Basin.
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Additional information
San Juan Red Ware is one of the earliest true Ancestral Puebloan red-ware traditions and is widely traded across the northern Southwest. It is important for dating late Basketmaker III and early Pueblo I communities and shows strong technological links to Mogollon red wares.