San Jose Polychrome | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: San Jose Polychrome

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

San Jose Polychrome

Country/Region:

Mexico/Central Mexico

Date BCE/CE:

1800-1900

Period:

Historic

Earlier/Alternative Names

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General Information

Seifert (1977) believes this type was probably produced in Puebla, Guanajuato, or Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico.

This description of San Jose Polychrome 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

cup, plate

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Shape Family

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Functional Category

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

Typically buff to oran...

Technological Description

Off-white enamel wi...

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

Typically buff to orange colored paste with heavy sand tempering. Off-white enamel with decoration in orange and green. Most common decoration motif consists of bands in either orange or green and floral or dots elements. Dark-brown to black may be present on floral elements

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Majolica

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Period:

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Donna Seifert. " Archaeological majolicas of the rural Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico", Ph. D., University of Iowa, 1977
Charlie Cobb and Gifford Waters. Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection, 2023. February 23, 2023. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/ceramic-types/

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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