ANASAZI
TUSAYAN
(PLAIN & CORRUGATED WARES)
LINO GRAY
TYPE: Lino Gray
A.K.A. Obelisk Gray
DATE: A.D. 500 to early 900's (Oppelt,2002:30)
KEY DIFFERENCES: Rough exterior, often quartz-sand protrudes thru surface.
TEMPER: Quartz - sand
Comments: Polished variety has been known in the past as Obelisk Gray and Lino Polished.
VARIETIES:
Polished (smooth)
Un-Polished (rough)
Close-up of typical Lino Gray Surface
1N Anasazi Lino Gray Pitcher (Un-polished Variety).
2Y Anasazi Lino Gray Pitcher (Un-polished Variety).
Approximate Dimensions: 6 1/2" by 5 3/4"
3Y Anasazi Lino Gray Ladle
Approximate Dimensions: 6 1/2" by 3 1/4" by 1 1/2"
4Y Anasazi Lino Gray Ladle
Approximate Dimensions: 7 1/2" by 3 7/8" by 1 7/8"
Recommended Reading:
Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona
By Alfred Vincent Kidder & Samuel J. Guernsey, 1919 (Reprint)
Shabik'eschee Village: A Late Basketmaker Site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
By Frank H. Roberts, 1929 Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 92, Washington, D.C.Guide to Forty Types from the Hopi Country and the San Francisco Mountains
by L.L. Hargrave, 1932 Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin No. 1, Flagstaff
Field Manual of Prehistoric Southwestern Pottery Types.
by F.M. Hawley, 1936 University of New Mexico Bulletin, Anthropology Series, Vol. 1, No. 4
Handbook of Northern Arizona Pottery Wares
by H.S. Colton & L.L Hargrave, 1937 Museum of Northern Arizona Bullletin No. 11, Flagstaff
Archaeology of Alkali Ridge, Southeastern Utah
By J.O. Brew, 1946 Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 21, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Sinagua: A summary of the Archaeology of the Region of Flagstaff, Arizona
By H.S. Colton, 1946 Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin No. 22, Flagstaff
Excavations in Mesa Verde National Park.
By D. O'Bryan, 1950 Medallion Papers No. 39, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona
Editors F. Wendorf, N. Fox, & O.L. Lewis, 1956 Laboratory of Anthropology and Museum of Northern Arizona, Santa Fe and Flagstaff
By New Mexico University, 1967 New Mexico University, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque.
Highway Salvage Archaeology in the Forestdale Valley, Arizona
By L.C. Hammack, 1969
Basketmaker III - Pueblo I Manifestations in the Rio Puerco of the East
By R.A. Bice, 1970 Albuquerque Archaeological Society Technical Note No. 1, Albuquerque
Salvage Archaeology in the Cow Springs Area
By R.R. Ambler & A.P. Olson, 1977 Museum of Northern Arizona Technical Series No 15, FlagstaffGenerations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest
By A.E. Dittert & F. Plog, 1980 Northland Press, Flagstaff, Arizona
From this Earth, The Ancient Art of Pueblo Pottery
By S. Peckham, 1990 The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe
Northern Arizona Ceramic Styles: A Field Guide for Identification
By W.A. Lucieus & D. Wilson, 1992 Center for Indigenous Studies in the Americas, Publications in Anthropology No. 1 Phoenix, Arizona
Across the Colorado Plateau, Anthropolical Studies for the Transmission Pipeline Expansion Project, Vol. XVI, Interpretation of Ceramic Artifacts
By B.J Mills, C.E. Goetze, & M.N. Zedano, 1993 Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
By Norman T. Oppelt, 2002 Oppelt Publications, Greeley, ColoradoThis page last revised: 04/25/2011
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