Anthropomorphic fish figures identified as the Younger Son of Sun (left) and the Elder Son of Sun (right)

Casas Grandes culture came to prominence in the late thirteenth century, and afterward influenced a large area of northern Mexico and southern portions of the Greater Southwest until the last decades of the fifteenth century. During its Medio Period (A.D. 1280–1450) the culture produced an astonishing variety of finely made plain, textured, and painted ceramic vessels in an impressive array of types, iconography, manufacturing techniques, and forms. The majority of these vessels were new to …