Abo Polychrome Variant | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: Abo Polychrome Variant

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

Abo Polychrome Variant

Country/Region:

Mexico/Central Mexico/...

Date BCE/CE:

1650-1750 CE

Period:

Historic

Earlier/Alternative Names

Hale Smith called this variety "Abo Polychrome Type B.

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General Information

Found in Mexico and Florida, examples found in Florida also have a brown-banded orange border.

This description of Abo Polychrome Variant comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Detail Attributes

Morphological Attributes

Shape

plato

Shape Type

unrestricted

Shape Family

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Functional Category

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

Thin, cream to buff, c...

Technological Description

Thin, cream-to-buff...

Firing

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Related Illustrations 0

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Vessels 0

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Description

Thin, cream-to-buff, compact coarse earthenware paste without visible temper. Opaque, off-white, reflective background tin enamel. Polychrome design in orange and blue dots or lobe-like elements. Blue lobed pendants are present on the marlie. In the center of the vessel is a human, animal, or floral motif outlined in black and filled in with dots or parallel lobe like-elements.

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Majolica

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Hale G. Smith. "Archaeological excavations at Santa Rosa Pensacola" in Florida State University Notes in Anthropology. no.10. Tallahassee: Florida State University, 1965

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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