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Prehistoric Southwest Native American Salado Redware bowlthat has been reassembled.
9-inch diameter and 4-inch depth
Salado Red, an ancient ceramic style prevalent in the American Southwest(primarily central/southern Arizona and parts of New Mexico) dating fromapproximately A.D. 1250 to 1450.
This type of pottery was built using the coil-and-scrapemethod. Long rolls of clay were layered sequentially and then scraped smoothwith tools like gourd rinds, which compacts and texturizes the walls.
The distinctive deep orange-red exterior color comes from ahematite (red ochre) mineral wash or slip applied prior to firing
The dark, mottled spots scattered across theupper interior rim are fire clouds. These occur naturally during open-air pitfirings when fuel or ash directly touches the clay vessel and restricts oxygen,creating localized reductions in color
