TYPE: Rincon Red

DATE: A.D. 950 – 1125 (Wallace 2003;22)

COMMON FORMS: Most bowl shapes except for the exaggerated flare-rim bowl, neckless shouldered jars.

COMMON COLORS: Red. Rincon Redwares are often slipped red inside and out.

MCACEOUS TEMPER: Usually very fine, often not very noticeable.

KEY DIFFERENCES: Red slip usually applied to exteriors and interiors of most vessels including jars. Light polishing striations usually run horizontally on both surfaces. Generally not heavy patterned polishing such as Sells Red of the Classic Period. Rincon Red is generally non-micaceous compared to Gila Red although very fine particles show. Rincon Red is usually not smudged, unlike Salt Red and many Gila Red vessels of the Classic Period.

COMMENTS: Just as much plainware produced in the Tucson Basin was sand tempered and with a little mica, Rincon Red, may be reguarded the "plain" redware of the Tucson Basin, with its sparse amount of mica and sand temper.

   

1Y Hohokam Rincon Red Shouldered Seed Jar

Approximate Dimensions: 8" or 20cm by 6" or 15.5cm.

 

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