Prehistoric Reserve Storage Pottery Jar

ca. 1000 AD 

15" H x 14" D

Hand Coiled Plainware Jar with Banded Neck with Evidence of Prehistoric Drill Holes which would have been used to Thread Leather Thongs and Pitch in an Effort to Repair a Cracked Pot 

In Very Good Condition with the Primary Crack Running Around the Entire Bottom as Pictured and the Bottom Piece is Slightly Loose

Prehistoric Reserve Storage Pottery Jar typically refers to ancient ceramic storage vessels from the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, particularly those associated with the Reserve style or Black-on-white tradition in the American Southwest (roughly 1000–1200 CE).

These jars (often called ollas) served as practical storage for grains, seeds, water, or other goods in prehistoric pueblos and cliff dwellings. They were handmade using coil-and-scrape techniques with local clays, then smoothed, slipped (often white or gray), painted with mineral-based pigments (usually black designs), and fired in pit kilns.