TYPE: Cibola Festoon Corrugated Neck

DATE: A.D. 925 - 1000 (Hays-Gilpin 1998,122)

KEY DIFFERENCES: Corrugated necks only, bottoms are smooth, coils usually measure 4mm to 9 mm wide. Indented corrugation that appears wavy. Indentations are somewhat vertically aligned.

COMMENTS: Neck corrugated grayware (all styles) date to circa A.D. 800 - 1100s. Graywares that are corrugated over most or all of the vessels exterior surfaces (all styles) date to circa A.D. 1100 - 1300+. Generally, the larger the coils, the earlier in time the piece was made. Potters gradually, over time, made their corrugated wares with thinner and thinner coils.

1Y Festoon Corrugated Neck Sherd

Approximate Dimensions: 5 1/4" by 5 1/4" or 13.3cm by 13.3cm

 

 

 

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