Pottery Name Age Synonyms Pottery Range Rogers Schroeder Notes Characteristics Firing Rim Wall Surface Color - Treatment Temper Vessel Forms Decoration Fracture Type Site Core
Black Mesa Buff Patayan I; 700-1000 A.D. Archaic pink, Brick, or Drab ware Along the Colorado River from about 30 milesnorth of Yuma to the Delta. It is confined mostly to the California side of the river, in Imperial County, CA. Occurs up to 60 miles east of the Colorado River; south to the Sierra Pinacate, Sonora: west to the Laguna Salada in Baja California: north to the Mohave Desert precursor of Tumco Buff - same range as Black Mesa Gray - no temper, only microscopic inclusions of water rounded quartz, feldspar, lithic grains, occasional snail shell and unpulverized clay fragments Included this type with Tumco Buff - Easily recognizable by its dark gray color, fracture, lack of inclusions and temper, and the large flecks of unpulverized clay. Rogers referred to this past texture as "brick ware" because the paste breaks into small and medium-sized crumbs of fired clay when the pottery is broken. In some cases these "flecks of clay may be sherd temper, but this could not be conclusively determined Large Vessels constructed by coiling and shaped by paddle and cobble anvil or fingers - bases molded - small vessels and scoops molded - Clay: Sedimentary riverine -clays poorly prepared fired with poor control and access to air - well to completely oxidized - specimen can show full range of oxidation - core commonly bluish-black direct - lips of large vessels and bowls occasionally notched - slight tapers noted sometimes on jar rims thick-med rough to wiped smooth by hand or mop - neck either pinched, paddled, or coiled - coils smoothed by hand or paddled - clay-made from crushed pot sherds or incompletely crushed clays; little or no mineral temper Colorado Shoulder - Jar types 1 - bowl types 1, 3 and scoops - symmetry poor but improves rim notching, more common on jars that on bowls and to a minor degree punctuate, incised, thumbnail patterns on necks of jars - rarely vessels possess roughly burnished exterior; usually bowls - Very rare examples of unobliterated neck coils have been found on bowls and jars. Opposed lug handles occur rarely on jars and bowls. Other eccentric forms occur Medium to hard; breaks to form a straight margin SDM C-1 Black Mesa Indian Pass
Schroeder Black Mesa Beige Post - 1150 A.D. to ?

this type not described by Rogers - Rare This type set up in spite of the fact that only 10 sherds were recovered since it difffers from Tumco Buff in obvious polishing marks
Probably same as Tumco Buff except polished surfaces - found only near Painted Rock -







Arizona S:16:3 - Type Specimen: LM98
Black Mesa Red-on Buff Patayan I A.D. 800-1000
Same as Black Mesa Buff with a more restricted trade range

This type is the decorated equivalent of Black Mesa Buff. It is relatively uncommon type, and the red was variety is even rarer





Jar type 4; Bowl types 1,2; decorated vessels are usually medium-sized Vessels were probably painted with the fingers. All decorations are broad line elements that are never symmetrically distributed but are concentrated on some portion of the vessel. Vessel surfaces were sometimes wiped after painting, thus smearing the design, but surfaces were usually wiped before decoration. A rare variant is a fugitive red wash applied to the vessel before firing. If is confined mostly to bolws. This technique was more rarely applied to scoops. Burnishing is very rare. The wash, applied with the hand, is uneven and does not cover the entire surface of the vessel. Decorated vessels are occasionally rim notched
SDM C-1 Black Mesa Indian Pass
Tumco Buff Patyan II A.D. 1000-1500 Brick ware - Tolbard Buff - Tumco Red on Buff - Tumco Stucco Blythe to Gulf of California - Origin near Yuma - wide distribution of type; east Yuma Co. line - west Laguna Salada Baja CA. -south to delta, Sierra Pinacate - north to Mojave sink No temper, only inclusions of a few very fine, rounded quartz and feldspar grains - Rogers included Picacho Gray subtype of Tumco as outgrowth of BM - no temper NO TEMPER - Inclusions - Sherd and occasional small quantities of small subangular and angular quartz, lithics, shell - sherd color ranges from gray to tan - Schroeder has Stucco ware; presence of quartz less common than in Tumco Buff Types probably refinement of Black Mesa Buff - Early transistion specimen are difficult to distinguish - Tumco Distinguished by recurve rim, hard finished, buff color, lack of temper - Waters combined La Paz, Blythe Buff and Picacho Gray with Tumco - Schroeder combined Tumco Buff and Hedges Buff into one type Coiled construction - shaped by paddle and anvil - small vessels molded - Clay :Sedimentary riverine - Colorado River near Yuma - Southwestern Lake Cahuilla shoreline - well oxidized in most cases, suggesting firing with prolonged access to air recurve - roughly flattened lips medium - uniform thickness throughout vessel smooth / Stuccoed when used for cooking - treatment same as Tumco; deep wide-mouth bowls are principle forms but occassionally shallow bowls given stucco coat- faint wipe marks - large vessels display anvil marks;interior especially the neck - COLOR- pink to light buff to gray; thin cream colored scum coat may be present - human facial features on scoops clay -made from crushed pot sherds or incompletely crushed clays; little or no mineral temper - better finished than Black Mesa - rarely shell temper found - mica, hornblende, sand, clay Jar types- 1,2; bowl types 1 ; scoops Appliqued human facial features on scoops Medium to hard. Breaks to form sharp margins SDM C-86 Imperial Valley, CA
Schroeder Tumco Buff Pre 900 A.D. -post 1400 A.D.
Mainly from center of Colorado River Agency south to Yuma - probably as trade or trail breakage up the lower Gila. Rogers reports range from Blythe to delta with trade up the Gila and down to Tinajas Altas. Lists notched rims, punctate patterns on neck, some incising, thumbnail decoration, notes additional forms: pipe, handled olla, canteen, a shoulder on jars Sherd tempered pieces representative of Yuma area - Occasional rounded/angular quartz w/ sherd temper Blythe area - Occasional rounded quartz/sherd temper in the areas west of Yuma/Blythe. Tumco north of R:6:5 other than sherd temper alone Rogers: variation separate types based on paste refinements - Coarser sherds common between Nortons landing - Yuma - Finer common on trails from Ehrenberg to Gila River - Rogers considers finer refinement of coarse variety Paddle and Anvil construction uncontrolled atmosphere - usually favoring oxidizing round and flat with exterior or interior tucker, slight outflare rim occasional, rim line often wavy medium to thin Finish: wiped and smooth, lustrous surface occasional, cream wash rare - Fire Clouds: absent - Surface Color: pink-buff to tan to gray, latter in reduced specimens, interiors often smudged Paste: usually clean w/o apparent inclusions, hard appearing- Texture: coarse to fine depending on reduction of clay; coarse specimens usually exhibit shrinkage areas, voids in core - Temper: sherd, small quantities of quartz of varying sizes both angular/subangular - size of fragments varies with texture of core Bowls-hemispherical, Jars- low and high necked seed jars, saucers, scoops. none shattering Arizona R:14:2 - Type Specimen: LM95 gray - tan to pink-buff, occasionally black - Carbon streak common
Pottery Name Age Synonyms Pottery Range Rogers Schroeder Notes Characteristics Firing Rim Wall Surface Color - Treatment Temper Vessel Forms Decoration Fracture Type Site Core
Tumco Red-on-Buff Patayan II A.D. 1000-1500
Greatest concentration is in the Colorado River Valley between Blythe and the Delta. It is intrusive as far west as the east Lake Cahuilla shoreline; east to the eastern boundary of Yuma county; south to the Sierra Pinacate; north to Mojave Sink, San Bernardino County, CA

This type is the decorated equivalent of Tumco Buff. The decoration of three sherds of a single Tumco Red-on-Buff vessel found on a trail from the Gila to the Colorado River resembles Hohokam designs of Classic period Casa Grande Red-on-Buff A.D. 1200-1400 Same as Tumco Buff except for Forms-paint-decorations




Jar type 2; Bowl types 1,2 The type was made over a long period of time and shows variability in both form and decorations. In early pieces paint is dark maroon and thick. Lines broad, some applied with the finger. Early specimens, which are rare, elements are few and simple; filled angle is most common element. Later specimens, which are more oxidized, paint is brownish red to tan. Some very rare specimens of red-on-red, black-on-red, and black-on-buff varieties have been found
SDM C-26 Palo Verde
Schroeder Tumco Red-on-Buff Pre 900 A.D. -1150 A.D. plus
Same as Parker Red-on-Buff on south range but does not extend above Bill Williams River as does Parker Red-on-Buff Rogers notes list human, animal and solid triangle designs - considers broad line decoration as early mode of decoration, broke paste variations down as in Tumco Buff
Survey material does not indicate difference in decorations or elements between this type and Parker Red-on-Buff - Only difference with Parker Red-on-Buff temper - may be clays were imported or downriver people moved upriver Same as Tumco Buff except for Forms-paint-decorations





Medium and occasional broad lines - Jars - lines used in parallel, verticle lines jars - neck pendant from rim, dots, solid areas: painted rims, paint occasionally spilled on interiors - Bowls lines in parallel, chevrons, dots, solid areas, medium/ closely spaced verticle lines on exterior, rim painted - Paint: red to brown-red
Arizona R:3:1
Colorado Red Patayan I; 700-1000 A.D. Colorado Red sub-type I Fugitive Red Greatest concentration lies on AZ side of Col. River btween Palo Verde valley and Delta & up the lower Gila River - east to Yuma Co. line - west to L. Cahuila - south northern boundary of delta Sierra Pinacate Sonora Thin wall finer paste with more mica was called Parker Variant - Fugitive Red early Y I - Col. Red late Y I - Late Y I - and all Y II
May be the descendant of the thin red washed variety noted in Col. Red-on-beige description - represents refinement of many techniques Same as Colorado Beige Except- finish, color, form, paint, decoration
direct thick-med Red clay slip which is always burnished - large mouth burnished on both surfaces - small only exterior - bowls slip exterior only - surface color - brown to red colored clay slip - variable Jar types 1,2,4; bowl types 1,2,3 and scoops - Colorado Shoulder; more exaggerated along lower Gila River paint same as Col. Red-on-beige - decoration rare other than slip - Slip color is a turkey red with tan to chocolate brown areas where the slip is unoxidized. A rare red-on-red decoration exists and has been seen a few times by Waters
SDM C-1 Black Mesa Indian Pass
Schroeder Colorado Red Post - 1150 A.D. into historic times
Same as Colorado Beige

Some larger temper sherds included in this type, more gritty core texture, gray core, and maroon-red smoothed slipped surface. This variation may be different type or reduced specimen of Colorado Red with different temper Same as Colorado Beige except: finish,forms,rims,decoration
Mainly rounded with rounded instead of angular exterior tucker, flat rim with exterior tucker rare
Slipped with red paint, usually polished, otherwise smoothed - Reduced specimens exhibit maroon-red color -interior usually buff to pink-buff - Fire Clouds occasional, chocolate-brown in color
Bowls and Jars - Shoulders on Jars one sherd found with folded rim - another with coil added below rim (applique)
Arizona R:2:2 - Type Specimens: LM88
Colorado Beige Patayan I A.D. 700-1050 Beige Ware - Parker Variant -3rd type called Biscuit Beige Southern end of the Colorado River - some intrusive examples found across a wide geographic area - Along the Colorado River north of Blythe to Gila River and east along Gila River - Origin between Palo Verde and Blythe - Dominant on AZ side of river - Intrusive west to Lake Cahuilla south to Colorado Delta, Sierra Pinacate Sonora; east to eastern Yuma county border Variable - Crushed quartz to coarse quartose with some magnetite 30-50% - late- Colorado Beige II quartz is finer than I and more angular 10-30% Mid to late Yuma I -early Y II P III- similar to Parker Buff except for occasional burnishing - Temper consisted of relatively abundant quantities of angular and subangular quartz,hornblende,feldspar,mica - color ranged from brown-buff to cream to bray-brown - clay was crumbly Easily distinguishable by its typical beige color, softness, apparent weight, crumbliness, and abundant temper Large Vessels constructed by coiling and shaped with paddle and anvil - small jars, scoops molded and paddled - Clay - Sedimentary riverine -clays poorly prepared Vessels fired with access to air without much control - most vessels well oxidized Direct thick-med - in bowls and jars bases may be twice as thick as walls burnish/crème slip -Variable roughly smoothed to rough - wipe marks- coarse particles of the temper show through the surface - interiors of jars display anvil marks - surface color - beige to brown-gray - exterior surfaces occasionally thin cream-colored scum coat variable -ranging from 5-55% - Rounded quartz sands, feldspar, mica ranging in size from fine to large - occasionally freshwater snail shells Jar type 1,3,4 - bowl type- type 1,2,3 - vessel symmetry improves with time rim notching - incised designs- burnishing common Soft to medium. Edges crumble easily, and sherds have a dull sound when struck. This type has the least strength of any Patayan type SDM C-1 Black Mesa Indian Pass
Schroeder Colorado Beige Post - 1150 A.D. into historic times
Between Bill Williams river and central portion of Colorado River Agency

This type is similar to Parker Buff in all respects except for the use of polishing Paddle and Anvil construction Oxidizing atmosphere round and flat - no rim tuckers medium to thin fairly well polished - Color: brown-buff to cream, often gray brown with orange interior surface. Cream colored sherds appear to be slipped - Fire clouds rare Paste: hard contains small to fine angular some subangular quartz in varying quantities - Texture: coarse to medium - Temper: medium to abundant subangular to angular quartz of varying sizes, hornblende in quartz not common, some plagioclase feldspar, mica rare high-necked jars and hemispherical bowls. Shoulder on jars none
Arizona L:16:1 - Type Specimens: LM89 Tan to orange-pink, reduced specimens gray - Carbon Streak Absent
Pottery Name Age Synonyms Pottery Range Rogers Schroeder Notes Characteristics Firing Rim Wall Surface Color - Treatment Temper Vessel Forms Decoration Fracture Type Site Core
Coloradro Red on Beige Patayan I A.D. 800-1050
Confined almost entirely to the lower end of the Colorado and Gila Rivers with a restricted east-west range, this type most commonly occurs on the Arizona side of the river. It has been found as far north as Parker and south as Sierra Pinacate, Sonora

This is the decorated equivalent of Colorado Beige and is the most common decorated Patayan I Pottery type. The paint is an improvement over the fugitive red used on Black Mesa Red-on-buff. The Colorado Beige and Black Mesa Buff specimens with a thin red wash may have been pioneer efforts, which led to a long-lived Patayan ceramic tradition of an all-over red finish.The prefection of this technique culminated in the highly burnished Colorado Red. The red wash decoration was used on many different types but with diminishing frequency into historic times
Better oxidized with a true beige color Rim notching - Red colored rim is common - loop handles - Colorado shoulder Colorado Shoulder - Loop handles Generally burnished, but some vessels are merely smoothed. The burnishing is roughly done. Bowls are burnished on the interior and exterior. Paint - A thick red paint is used. The color is due to an iron oxide inherent in or added to the fine-particle clay. The pigment appears to be identicle to that of Colorado Red.
Jar types I,2,4 - Bowl types 1,2 Curvilinear, some geometric, and occasional zoomophic elements drawn in thick red paint. Lines are broad, finger painting technique may be used. vessels usually burnished after paint; some prior. Finger dots of various size most common PI design. Early designs assymmetrically placed on vessels - later some degree of symmetry
SDM C-86
Schroeder Colorado Red-on-Beige Post - 1150 A.D. to ?
Same as Colorado Beige, and as trade to Painted Rock area

Appears to be development out of Parker Red-on-buff, but is rare Same as Colorado Beige Except- finish, rim, form, paint, decoration









Colorado Buff Patayan III A.D.1500-1850
Origins of southern subtype along Colorado River - west of the Salton Sea at San Sebastian Wash Coarse to medium crushed quartz, higher percentage of hornblende and mica than Pyramid Gray. This temper is also more variable and included reddish quartz - 30-50% - Y II-early III May be inclusions - quartz, feldspar,shell - fine subrounded-subangular 1-10% Waters considers Colton Topoc Buff a variety of Colorado Buff Coiled Construction - shaped by paddle and anvil - CLAY - Sedimentary (riverine and lacustrine) With access to the air; most specimens are highly oxidized Recurve - with finely flattened lips of reinforced rim bands. Rim line is straight Medium to thin. Uniform thickness throughout. well smooth with faint wipe marks left by mops. Large vesels display anvil marks on the interior surfaces. A thin cream-colored scum coat is common along the river regions; in the desert a thick scum coat is common. Stucco treatment on bowls is also common along the river and in the desert - COLOR - usually pinkish buff to tan Occasionally a freshwater mollusk shell or bone, carbonized twig impressions. Vugs occur in the desert materials. Inclusions can vary in amount from 1-10 percent. Generally very fine (very even grained) Fine grains of subangular to subrounded quartz, feldspars, and other opaque spars. Jar type 2,3 and 4; bowls types 1 and 3 and scoops. Jar type 3 very common in the California desert Rarely polished. Techniques such as rim notching, unobliterated coils, scoops with effigy heads, fingernail impressions, incising, punched holes, handles, appliques and legs are rare in the desert regions of California and none of these was used along the river Medium to hard; breaks to form straight margins SMD C-27
Salton Buff Patayan II A.D. 950-1500
Focus 12m shorline of L. Cahuilla - Occurs as trade east into Col. River area; rarely across river in AZ Temper consists of rounded pellets of colored feldspar that may be wash sands or anthill debris - Occasional pieces of Anodonta Shell - Added El Rio Buff to this type later Fine well-rounded quartz, feldspar,silica, shell - 15-50% May - Type split into 3 types in the Salton Series - Salton Buff, Cahuilla Buff, Ocotillo Buff - May's Salton Buff Closest to Rogers' - Temper coarse, subangular to freshly crushed angular white quartz sand - some deliberately crushed and sorted to same size as angular sand pieces - could span late P I - P III distinguished by hardness, tempering Coiled construction - shaped by paddle and anvil - small vessels molded - CLAY - Sedimentary Lacustrine Fired with access to air; most specimen well oxidized variable - Late P I direct rim - some rim notching - P II recurved rims - P III reinforced rim bands med-thin rough/grains - Wiping common - most sandblasted - occasional cream-colored scum coat - has a stucco variety - COLOR ranges from buff to red round Qz - Well rounded coarse beach sands, ranging from 15-50% - 90% is quartz and feldspar remainder black and red jasper - Sherds from Western shoreline of Salton Sea tempered with fine-grained sands, Eastern Shoreline medium to large temper - Fragments of freshwater mollusk shells Jars, bowls most common - scoops Rim notching (Late Patayan I probably) Very hard and breaks to form a sharp margin SDM C-16
Colorado Red-on-Buff Patayan III A.D. 1500-post 1900
Origins of southern subtype along Colorado River - west of the Salton Sea at San Sebastian Wash

This type is the decorated equivalent of Colorado Buff. During this period the amount of decorated ware increased. Design elements are geometric along the river and geometric and zoomorphic in the desert. The Chemehuevi decorated some Colorado Buff vessels with a black paint in the CA desert region. Colton's Topoc Red-on-Buff and Needles Red-on-buff are varieties of Colorado Red-on-buff





Jar types 2,3,4 - bowl types 1,2 Vessel designs are symmetrical. The decorations are fine-lined and geometric, although some medium to thick lined deocrations occur. Painting was done with a brush. Rare examples of red wash, red-on-red, black-on-red and black-on-buff exist.
SDM C-27
Parker Buff Patayan II & III A.D. 1000-post 1900 La Paz Stucco - Parker Red and Parker Red on red Parker Valley origins - ranges from Bill Williams River to Yuma area (W/R) North of Needles Mohave Valley to North of Ehrenberg - north end of Palo Verde Valley Temper consists of medium to fine grained subangular to angular crushed white feldspar and quartz w/ some hornblende - same as Col. Beige, becomes finer in Y III
noticeable amounts of mica on the surface-Ft. Mohave variety - refinement in technique during PI-II - Harner - Ft. Mohave variant - temper consists of small white, angular and subangluar feldspar and a small amount of rounded quartz particles - some mica - found at Ft. Mohave in Mohave Valley Coiling shaped by paddle and anvil - CLAY: Sedimentary riverine well oxidized throughout recurve - early roughly flattened margins in time refined and smoothed med. With uniform thickness - thin and thick walled vessels occur wiped with mop, temper never shows through - cream-colored scum coat- may have stucco cooking variety - COLOR : pink to gray Medium - fine grained, subangular to angular crushed white feldspar and quartz with some hornblende - temper in med. - relatively abundant amounts Jar type 2; bowl type 1,2,3 and scoops None Medium, sharp margin when broken SDM A-39
Pottery Name Age Synonyms Pottery Range Rogers Schroeder Notes Characteristics Firing Rim Wall Surface Color - Treatment Temper Vessel Forms Decoration Fracture Type Site Core
Shroeder Parker Buff pre 900-post 1900
From north of Needles to Ehrenberg on the river. Occurs sporadically to the south of Ehrenberg and up the lower Gila River, but never common This type ranges east to Kofa Mnts - west to Chuckwalla Mnts.- Scoop additional vessel form - course temper type considered early - finer and less tempered late
occasional occurrence of small sherd temper fragments may represent hybrid Palo Verde series paddle and anvil construction uncontrolled atmoshpere usually favoring an oxidizing atmosphere. Over-fired specimens(rare) exhibit shrinkage areas inn core Usually direct; some indicate slight outflareon bowls and jars - round and flat - rare folded rim giving double thickness- pinching marks not obliterated Thich or thin walls rare - usually medium to medium thin wiped and smoothed. Some sherds present a lustrous surface. Surface color - buff, pink-buff, tan and warm gray. Gray specimens reduced in firing, more common in northern portion of range. Occasional sherds exhibit cream wash on exterior. Fire clouds rare medium to relatively abundant quantities of subangular and angular quartz of varying sizes, hornblende often inherent in quartz, some plagioclase feldspar, mica rare and mainly in northern part of range, best described as representative of granitic rubble - in some southern specimens gray or tan sherd fragments are visible, but clay is usually well reduced Bowls, jars, seed jar, and saucers Jars both hight and low neck, small and wide mouth. Shoudlers rare None other than rim treatment. crumbling AZ L:16:1 Type Specimens: LM85 Orange, pink-buff, terra cotta, or tan; gray in reduced specimens - Carbon Streak absent
Topoc Buff Patayan II A.D. 1000-1500 - PIII 1150-1550
Although this type is most common in the Mohave Desert region it was probably imported there,origins in Colorado River Valley south of Black Canyon. Clay is typical of the sedimentary river region clays. It is found west of the western boundary of San Bernardino County, CA; south to the Chemehuevi Valley; and east to Sacramento Wash AZ Coarse to medium crushed quartz, higher percentage of hornblende and mica than Pyramid Gray. This temper is also more variable and included reddish quartz - 30-50% - Y II-early III Corresponds to Rogers' Colorado Buff - found in the vicinty of the Bill Williams River on both sides of the Colorado River Waters believed Topock and Pyramid Gray same type Coiling shaped by paddle and anvil - CLAY: Sedimentary riverine Access to air; most vessels well oxidized most belong to earlier direct rim;rounded lips - late group; recurve rims, flattened lips variable - thickness depends on form and age - thick walled, direct rim, rounded lips - thinner walled, recurved rims, flattened lips rough coarser temper particles visible through time exterior surfaces - smoothness varies w/ coarseness & amount of temper- exterior surface may have cream-colored scum coat - stuccoing is used - COLOR - ranges from buff to slate gray - variable - Ranges from 30-50% coarse to med. Grained subangular to subrounded clear to white quartz with some feldspars, black hornblende - occas. micas occur adhering to feldspars and quartz Jars, bowls - scoops Rare rim notching, thumbnail incisions on necks - Bowls sometimes smudged interior Medium to hard. Breaks to form semi-sharp margins SDM M-77
Schroeder Topoc Buff Post - 1150 A.D. to ?
Found sporadically from Needles to Ehrenberg

Sherds with large sand temper usually have small quantities of temper, those with medium sand temper usually exhibit medium quantities of temper, those with small sand temper usually contain abundant temper As described by Colton (1936) in all aspects except temper, core, forms


Gray and roughly smoothed; fugitive red wash rare - buff to warm gray surface small to large rounded/subangular arroyo samds in small to abundant quantities. Sands of varying colors Jar only?

Arizona L:16:1 Type Specimens: LM102 Shrinkage areas occasional - Carbon Streaks Rare
Topoc Red-on-Buff Patayan II A.D. 1000-1400 Same as Topoc Buff except forms-paint


This is the decorated equivalent of Topoc Buff Same as Topoc Buff expect decoration


Red Paint white quartz with some fledspars and black hornblende - occasionally micas found Jars and bowls, the latter decorated on both exterior and interior surface Well executed brush work. Medium to fine-lined decorations. Rare examples of red wash, red-on-red, and incised vessels with a red on buff decoration have been noted.
SDM M-11
Palomas Buff Patayan II & III A.D. 1000-1850 Dome Buff Lower Gila River - Dome Mnt., Agua Caliente along Gila River- South to Sierra Pinacate - North to Gila, Kofa Little Horn Mnts. - Confined entirely to AZ made between A.D. 1100-1500 in the KOFA, Little Horn, Tinajas Altas Mnts. - Stucco, Red on Buff Varieties- PII 20-30% later amount of temper reduced to 10-20% - Temper consists of rounded subangular pellets gathered from ant hill - predominantly white and red feldspar, little mica and hornblende Temper consists of medium to abundant quantities of small subangular to subrounded sands, and occasional medium to large rounded sands,feldspar,quartz,lithic,mica, and occasional volcanic sands- Schroeder says this was Rogers catch-all category for any types along the Gila River Waters- Schroeder and Rogers catch all category - encompassed all Lower Colorado Buff Ware in Western AZ that did not fit into other categories - Distinguished by P II, III characteristics, gray color, softness, abundant rounded white feldspar and quartz temper Coil shaped - thinned by paddle and anvil - CLAY; Sedimentary riverine Uncontrolled oxidizing atmosphere- specimen usually oxidized but occasionally fully oxidized recurve, straight roughly flattened lips - P III reinforced rim bands medium thickness soft - Stucco - Red on Buff Early specimen are roughly smoothed with cracking around the temper particles - later specimen smoothed with mop; cream-colored scum coat - stucco cooking variety - COLOR: gray to gray buff - some tan to buff variable - Coarse to medium grained subangular to subrounded clear, & white quartz with some feldspars, lithic sand grains with mica - ranges from 10-35% Jars, bowls, and scoops None Commonly very soft, the hardness did not increase with time. Breaks to form a crumbly edge SDM A-113 Texas Hill
Schroeder Palomas Buff Post - 1150 A.D. or later to?
Lower Gila River ?
Schroeder has a stucco variety as well (rare) considerable variability in temper - some sherd contain temper that appears similar to the cluster variety of Bila Bend Plain only the material is fine and not in cluster form - set up as catchall for lower Gila River types by Rogers. paddle and anvil construction uncontrolled oxidizing atmosphere round and flat medium smoothed and wiped, occasionally gritty. Cream surface due to wash? (Rare) Fire Clouds: absent - Surface Color: buff to pink-buff, warm gray Paste: gritty, due to small temper - Temper: abundant small subangluar to rounded sands, occasionally medium to large rounded sands jars and bowls ? none semi-shattering Arizona S:16:3 - Type Specimens: LM100 Pink-buff to gray - Carbon Streak: absent
Palomas Red on Buff Patayan II - III A.D.1000-post-1900
Generally the same as Palomas Buff, but more restricted

This is the decorated equivalent of Palomas Buff; it is an uncommon type Same as Palomas Buff except for form, paint, decoration, and range Uncontrolled oxidizing atmosphere. Specimens usually unoxidized but occasionally fully oxidized Recurved rims with straight roughly flattened lips which with time were refined. Reinforced rim bands appear during the beginning of and through the Patayan III period Medium thickness Early specimens are roughly smoothed, with cracking around the temper particles common. Later specimens are roughly smoothed with a mop and often have a cream-colored scum coat. This type has a stucco cooking variety Ranges from 10-35 percent. Consists of rounded to subangular feldspar, quartz, and opaque lithic sand grains with some mica Jars and bowls, the latter decorated on both exterior and interior surface Paint: possibly an ochure mixed with a fixative, producing a dull red color - Usually brush work with poor execution. Elements are offset and asymmetrical; most are broad-to-medium-lined decorations Commonly very soft, the hardness did not increase with time. Breaks to form a crumbly edge SMD A-113 Texas Hill .