Casas Grandes, Historic Poly Chrome Pottery Jar, #1101 sold

Casas Grandes, Historic Poly Chrome Pottery Jar, #1101Description: #1101 Casas Grandes, Historic Poly Chrome Pottery Jar, blace on buff background, round bottom on a woven straw circular base.Condition: Some design ware, but overall in very good condition for age/ Dimensions: 9” H, 8 ½” DIA.Some background on Casas Grande Follows:Paquim̩, better known as Casas Grandes, was a major cultural and trade center in the northwestern region of today's Chihuahua state for hundreds of years before the arrival of the Spanish in northern Mexico. Culturally affiliated in many ways to Mesoamerica to the south, Casa Grandes acted as an intermediary between Central American peoples and the Mogollon and Hohokam peoples to the north.Its area of influence reached from central New Mexico in the north to central Chihuahua in the south. Its peak of development occurred in the 13th and 14th centuries. Trade items included shells, copper, pottery, and macaws. The ruins of Paquim̩ include more than 2000 rooms,