Leupp Black-on-white is a Little Colorado White Ware type found along the Little Colorado River valley and tributaries between Holbrook and Leupp, Arizona.
Archaeological Culture: Ancestral Puebloan
Date Range: A.D. 1225-1290 (per Christian Downum, Northern Arizona University).
Construction: By coiling and scraping.
Firing: In a reducing atmosphere.
Core Color: Gray to dark gray.
Carbon Streak: None.
Temper: White angular fragments, sherd, with some quartz sand grains.
Surface Finish: Exteriors of bowls and jars carefully smoothed and covered with a conspicuous white slip.
Surface Color: Light gray or white.
Forms: Bowls, jars, dippers, and pitchers.
Vessel Thickness: 5 to 6.4 mm (bowls).
- Paint: Black paint usually on bowl interiors and jar exteriors.
- Pigments: Black organic paint.
- Design: Style similar to Kayenta and Wupatki Black-on-white, with more black than white exposed, giving a negative pattern.
Comparisons: Similar in design to Wupatki and Kayenta Black-on-white but differs in having a gray paste containing crushed sherds and a conspicuous white slip.
Compiled from the following sources:
Colton, Harold S. (1955) Pottery Types of the Arizona Strip and Adjacent Areas in Utah and Nevada. Museum of Northern Arizona Ceramic Series No. 1. Flagstaff, Arizona
April Peters, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories.