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Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 5:56 am
by RedRoxx44
http://www.kvoa.com/news/border-patrol- ... mountains/
I know one of the guys on this find. Pretty neat stuff is still out there.
Hope this isn't a repost
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 6:21 am
by rwstorm
Pretty cool indeed.

Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 6:41 am
by Sredfield
There were news stories about some finds a several weeks ago, this looks like a new one.
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 9:52 am
by big_load
Very interesting. I wondered about this part though:
... could date back to as much as 1,000 years
. Would that be consistent with the styles they found?
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 10:37 am
by Alston_Neal
big_load wrote:Very interesting. I wondered about this part though:
... could date back to as much as 1,000 years
. Would that be consistent with the styles they found?
We could ask Al Hikes Az. Wasn't he around then?
It doesn't look like the same pieces found in July and the painted rim looks like Casa Grandes style.
Certainly not pre Baja Pima.
The unpainted olla shape wise can be any group from Tarahumara to Tohono.
My guess is more Proto-Historic time period, so this should be interesting what they find out.
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 11:20 am
by Nighthiker
Looks like red on buff geo morf design in the one picture, plain ware in the other.
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 1:02 pm
by big_load
Alston Neal wrote:My guess is more Proto-Historic time period, so this should be interesting what they find out.
OK, I feel a little better. My gut reaction was they were a couple hundred years off.
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 2:37 pm
by Alston_Neal
I just realized one can click on the photo and get a better image.
So I'm gonna nix Casa Grandes because the rim piece is iron oxide on buff.
The location is pushing the southern edge of the Hohokam, so I'm leaning toward Tohono or Akimel O'odham.
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 10 2012 4:06 pm
by Sredfield
Alston Neal wrote:I just realized one can click on the photo and get a better image.
So I'm gonna nix Casa Grandes because the rim piece is iron oxide on buff.
The location is pushing the southern edge of the Hohokam, so I'm leaning toward Tohono or Akimel O'odham.
And what was the weather the day it was made?
Re: Ancient Pottery find in Patagonia Mtns
Posted: Oct 11 2012 10:15 am
by Alston_Neal
Sredfield wrote:Alston Neal wrote:I just realized one can click on the photo and get a better image.
So I'm gonna nix Casa Grandes because the rim piece is iron oxide on buff.
The location is pushing the southern edge of the Hohokam, so I'm leaning toward Tohono or Akimel O'odham.
And what was the weather the day it was made?
I'm gonna take a stab at hot and dry....
