Mountain Salado
The Salado pottery tradition is very difficult to define but represents a related culture that incorporated elements of earlier cultures spread across regions formerly occupied by Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi groups. Salado sites in New Mexico indicate the eastern edge of a very late manifestation of the Salado in an area earlier occupied by Mimbres Mogollon groups.
Cliff Polychrome bowl
Cliff (Gila) Polychrome
Cliff Polychrome bowl
Cliff (Gila) Polychrome
Cliff Polychrome bowl
Cliff (Gila) Polychrome
Cliff Polychrome bowl
Cliff (Gila) Polychrome
Gila Red jar
Gila (Clff) Red
Gila Red jar
Gila (Clff) Red
Gila Smudged bowl
Gila (Cliff) Plain Utility - Smudged
Gila Smudged bowl
Gila (Cliff) Plain Utility - Smudged
Gila Smudged bowl
Gila (Cliff) Plain Utility - Smudged
Gila Smudged jar
Gila (Cliff) Plain Utility - Smudged
Gila Polychrome bowl sherds (interior surface)
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome bowl sherds (exterior surface)
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome jar
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome jar
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome bowl
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome jar
Gila Polychrome
Gila Polychrome jar
Gila Polychrome
Pinto Polychrome bowl
Pinto Polychrome
Pinto Polychrome jar sherd
Pinto Polychrome
Pinto Polychrome bowl sherd
Pinto Polychrome
Tonto Polychrome jar
Tonto Polychrome
Tonto Polychrome jar
Tonto Polychrome
Tonto Polychrome bowl
Tonto Polychrome
Tucson Polychrome jar with handle
Tucson Polychrome
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