Prehistoric Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) Corrugated Pottery cooking Jar, Details: - Ca. 1100 - 1300 AD - Large Corrugated Olla - 13 1/2"D, 12 1/2"H Description: - This type of utility ware was made by the ancestors of modern Pueblo people across the American Southwest between approximately 650 and 1450 AD. - The textured exterior is created by leaving the clay coils used in construction exposed and often pinching or indenting them, a technique that requires significant skill. - Corrugation increases the surface area, which helps in heat transfer for cooking, makes the pot easier to handle, and inhibits cracking. - The rounded base suggests it was designed to be set into a sandy floor or hearth
Major & Nan Spessard Collection