TYPE: Tucson Polychrome

DATE: A.D. 1275 to 1450 (Neuzil & Lyons 2005;34)

COMMON FORMS: Bowls, jars, pitchers.

COMMON BACKGROUND COLORS: Red.

BOWL DESIGN PLACEMENT: Usually exteriors.

COMMON DESIGNS: Often designs are made up of thick solid black lines with thin white outlining. 

KEY DIFFERENCES: No white slipped portions as seen in Tonto Polychrome. Usually no interior bowl designs as seen in Anasazi, Kiet Siel Polychrome, and Salado, Maverick Mountain Polychrome. Tucson Polychrome designs usually have no hatching as seen in Kiet Siel and Maverick Mountain Types.

COMMENTS: See article:

"TUCSON POLYCHROME" Made by Hohokam or Salado?

 

S1Y Salado Tucson Polychrome Jar with unusually large design motifs that have

connected curvilinear and rectilinear elments.

Approximate Dimensions: 12 1/2" or 31.7 cm. by 11" or 28 cm.

 

S2N Salado Tucson Polychrome Jar.

 

 

S3N Salado Tucson Polychrome Jar.

 

S4N Salado Tucson Polychrome Jar.

 

 

S5N Salado Tucson Polychrome Jar.

  

 

S8Y Salado Tucson Polychrome Bowl.

Aproximate Dimensions: 10" or 25.5 cm. by 4 3/4" or 12 cm.

 

S8Y Interior View.

 

 

S9Y Salado Tucson Polychrome Mug? It may have been a Maverick Mountain Polychrome.

It is a shame that this vessel wasn't excavated and preserved a century earlier, the design has been lost forever, eroded away from being buried in the ground too long.

Approximate Dimensions: 5 3/4" or 14.6 cm. by 4" or 10.1 cm.

 

 

S10N Salado Tucson Polychrome Seedjar

Unusual with white dots

 

S11N Salado Tucson Polychrome Bowl

 

S12N Salado Tucson Polychrome Bowl

 

S13Y Salado Tucson Polychrome Bowl

Revised: 04/05/2008

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