TYPE: Vallecitos Black-on-White

DATE: A.D. 1250-1300 (Oppelt, 2002; 64)

BOWL DESIGN PLACEMENT: Primary interior designs.

KEY DIFFERENCES: Organic paint. Interiors highly polished, exteriors roughly smoothed. "Oyster white" slip.

COMMENTS: This type is considered "transitional" and an early form of Jemez Black-on-White.

OTHER TYPES WITH SIMILAR DESIGN STYLES:

Mesa Verde White Ware: Mesa Verde Black-on-White

Rio Grande White Ware: Santa Fe Black-on-White

 

 

Revised: 10/15/2008

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