Featured Pottery of bird head

Found this broken bird head pottery about 15yrs ago in the middle of old downtown Santa fe in the plaza. Digging on a excavator on a construction site. I was told it is ancient Anasazi pottery???

 

It reminds me of work I have by Margaret Gutierriz, Santa Clara Pueblo.

 

??? What do you mean by that

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/395266507013

https://toh-atin.com/pottery-santa-...als-by-margaret-luther-gutierrez-cpotmbg20-21

https://www.andreafisherpottery.com/moreinfo.php?key=1690003298

 

From Wikipedia:

"One of the earliest known settlements in what is known as downtown Santa Fe today came sometime after 900 AD. A group of native Tewa built a cluster of homes that centered around the site of today's Plaza and spread for 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the south and west; the village was called Oghá P'o'oge in Tewa."

It's quite possible that you have a real ancient artifact there.

 

Thanks for the clarification. Do you think it has a monterrey value???

 

We be talkin' monetary? Quite probably.

 

Because it's broken, maybe not as much as you'd hope.
But it is really cool!

 

Thanks.. I don't even have amount of what it might be worth. I would like to get some more information.

 

There were several prehistoric (Anasazi) traditions that made pottery with black and white designs. During modern and historic times similar pieces were also made, particularly by potters from Cochiti Pueblo. To make a positive identification, you may need to find a specialist who can examine the specific characteristics of the clay and slips (paint) used.

If you still live in New Mexico, you might try contacting the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque.
https://maxwellmuseum.unm.edu/

 

I'll only add that the paint looks pretty dang good for a 1000-year-old pre-Columbian buried artifact.

So, were you walking down the street and the excavator dumped the dirt and this was in it??

I would expect that an excavation in that place, at that time, would be a bit more monitored, a bit more intentional. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

Ok thanks

 

Roger that...

 

No..I've only seen archeologists on a job site in Santa fe only once in twenty-three years since ive been in the trade. And I was the one doing the digging.