https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/79616/fullBowl with geometric decorationca. 900–1520[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@1826e]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@1826eCeramicBand of design around exterior filled with geometric patterns and some coloration. Each of 2 "sides" are mirror images of each other. Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, North Mexico Mexico __________ This Casas Grandes bowl has polychrome geometric patterns in mirror-image pairs. Comparable vessels from the University of Texas at El Paso, such as CM A1962.1.4, are illustrated at http://museum.utep.edu/chih/casas/cgpottery.htm. The ruins at the site of Paquimé (often referred to as Casas Grandes) are located along the Casas Grandes River in northern Mexico. These adobe ruins contain more than 200 rooms and have produced archaeological artifacts and trade goods including shells, copper, pottery, and macaws. The site was the center of a culture which served as an intermediary (and trading partner) between the Hohokam and Mogollon to the north and the more well-known high civilizations of Mesoamerica to the south. From roughly AD 1200-1425, the Casas Grandes Interaction Sphere included parts of what are now west Texas and southern New Mexico in the US as well as the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The culture collapsed prior to European contact, leaving enigmatic ruins and a legacy of beautiful polychrome pottery. Suggestion for further reading: Casas Grandes and Its Hinterlands, Prehistoric Regional Organization in Northwest Mexico by M. E. Whalen and P. E. Minnis, 2001, University of Arizona Press.) Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, North Mexico Mexico com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@61https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/30753/rdf