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Cholula Cream

Submitted by mccaffer on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:49am

Cholula Cream is the local variety of a kaolin-slipped ceramic type found throughout Mesoamerica during the Middle Formative period. This general style has been associated with Olmecoid traits in numerous areas of the central highlands, including Oaxaca, Tehuacán, Morelos, and the Valley of Mexico (Flannery 1968; MacNeish, Peterson, and Flannery 1970; Grove 1974; Niederberger 1976). Cholula Cream is identified by a light brown paste, covered with a thick cream-colored kaolin slip. It usually occurs in thick-wall serving vessels, especially composite silhouette forms. Decorative techniques include incising, excising, and the use of red paint, and often combinations of these techniques are employed. At UA-1, Cholula Cream occurred as .1% of the total assemblage.

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