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pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
coil pottery — noun or coiled pottery Etymology: coil (III) : a pottery common among American Indians made by building up sides of pots with successive rolls of clay … Useful english dictionary
Hopewell pottery — is a type of pottery. The Hopewell were located around the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers during the Middle Woodland Period. Pottery was an important part of the Hopewell culture. They often were very artistic when it came to their style of… … Wikipedia
Pueblo pottery — One of the most highly developed of the Native American arts. Pueblo pots, made only by women of the tribe, are constructed of long sausages of clay that are coiled upward and then smoothed out. Designs include geometric, floral, and animal… … Universalium
Nathan Youngblood — (born 1954) is a Native American potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, United States.[1] Contents 1 Background 2 Artwork 3 Notes … Wikipedia
Helen Naha — (1922 1993) is the matriarch in a family of well know Hopi potters. She is a Native American potter from the Hopi Nation, Arizona, United States. She was active from the 1940s until her passing in 1993. She is the daughter in law of Paqua Naha… … Wikipedia
Charles H. Fairbanks — Charles Herron Fairbanks (June 3, 1913 – July 17, 1984) was an archaeologist/anthropologist. He conducted archaeology at the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia where he developed rigorous, painstaking field methodology. Biography He was … Wikipedia
BasketMaker — Bas·ket Maker (băsʹkĭt) n. 1. Any of several early periods of Anasazi culture preceding the Pueblo periods and characterized by the use of wicker basketry, dry farming, and coiled pottery. 2. A member of the Anasazi people who produced this… … Universalium
tchefuncte — chəˈfu̇ŋktə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Tchefuncte State Park, La. : of or relating to a culture of Louisiana of about A.D. 500 900 characterized by conical burial mounds, circular structures, and coiled pottery with… … Useful english dictionary
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas — encompasses the visual artistic traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present. These include works from South America, Mesoamerica, North America including Greenland, as well as Siberian Yup ik peoples who … Wikipedia
