TYPE: Cibola Wide Fillet Neck

DATE: A.D. 800 - 900 (Hays-Gilpin 1998,122)

KEY DIFFERENCES: Corrugated necks only, bottoms are smooth. Wide coils (usually 1 cm. or larger) laid down one complete coil at a time . They are not done in a continuous spiral. Coils may be flattened but do not "hang over" each other as in the clapboard type.

VARIETIES:

Flattened

Flattened & Grooved

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.

OTHER COMMON TYPES WITH SIMILAR DESIGN STYLES:

Tusayan Grayware: Kana-a Gray

Mesa Verde Grayware: Moccasin Gray

 

   

1Y Anasazi/Mogollon Cibola Wide Fillet Neck Pitcher (Flattened Variety)

Approximate Dimensions: 6 3/4" by 6 1/2"

 

 

 

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