Pottery in the American Southwest - Archaeology Southwest
Broken pieces of ancient pottery (sherds) are scattered over the ground at archaeological sites across the American Southwest. These small pieces of the past actually provide a great deal of information about the lives of those who made and used this pottery.
Pottery - American Southwest Virtual Museum
The American Southwest Virtual Museum hosts a growing collection of pottery, including ceramic vessels, some of which are animated, type sherds, visual guides to terminology and types, as well as identification guides for each ware and type of pottery in the exhibits.
Southwest Ceramic Typology | Type
Both surfaces of Apache Plain vessels are rough, and irregular. These never slipped, intentionally smudged, polished or painted. Surface and paste is usually dark gray to black but can be reddish brown reflecting the use of high-iron clays and firings in inconsistent reduction atmospheres.
Southwest Ceramic Typology | Tradition
For example all of the Terminal prehistoric and Historic pottery in areas occupied by Southern Apache groups pottery is made of clay that fires to reddish to brown in color. Seymour (2008) suggests the grouping of such pottery into Peloncillo Brown Ware.
Morgan Collection of Southwest Pottery - Wichita State University
Being close to a mountain pass, which linked the pueblo with the Great Plains, they often traded pottery vessels, blankets and other goods with the Apache and Comanche and other nomadic tribes for buffalo meat and hides.
Following A Glittering Trail: Geo-Chemical and Petrographic ...
2023年5月5日 · Protohistoric Ancestral Apache Dismal River groups (A.D. 1600–1750) participated in large exchange networks linking them to other peoples on the Plains and U.S. Southwest. Ceramic vessels made from micaceous materials appear at many Dismal River sites, and micaceous pottery recovered from the Central High Plains is typically seen as evidence ...
Ancient Apache Pottery: Unearthing the Stories of a Timeless Craft
2024年5月4日 · In the heart of the Southwest, a rich tapestry of ancient traditions and artistic expression unfolds – Apache pottery. These exquisite vessels, crafted with meticulous care and imbued with cultural significance, tell stories of a people deeply connected to …
Apache Pottery - Etsy
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Native American pottery produced in the Greater Southwest often contains abundant temper such as sand, disaggregated rock, and crushed sherd. For example, Tohono O’odham pottery is known to have been tempered with various types of material, includ-ing sand, crushed schist, ground potsherds, and dried and sifted horse manure (Fontana et al ...
Apache Archaeology in Northeastern New Mexico
2017年1月20日 · The predominant pottery, however, is a thin micaceous ware, herein described as Ocate Micaceous, accompanied by trade sherds of Tewa Polychrome, plain black Pueblo ware, and Puebla (Mexico) blue and white majolica.