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Title: Pottery of the ancient Pueblos. (1886 N 04 / 1882-1883 (pages 257-360))

Author: William Henry Holmes

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Language: English

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION——BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.


POTTERY

OF THE

ANCIENT PUEBLOS.



BY


WILLIAM H. HOLMES.



CONTENTS.

Page.
Introductory 265
Pueblo art 266
Distribution 266
Character 266
Treatment 266
The ceramic art 267
Age 267
Material 267
Tempering 267
Construction 268
Surface finish 268
Firing 268
Glaze 268
Hardness 269
Color 269
Form 269
Origin of forms 269
Handles 271
Ornament 271
Origin of ornament 272
Use 272
Classification 272
Coil-made ware 273
Coiling 273
Coiling of the Pueblos 273
Coiling of other peoples 275
Origin of the coil 277
The coil in ornamentation 278
Other varieties of ornament 282
Material 283
Color, etc. 283
Form 283
Use 283
Illustrations of vessels 284
District of the Rio San Juan 284
District of the Rio Virgen 287
District of the Little Colorado 292
Pecos and the Rio Grande 298
District of the Rio Gila 299
Imitation coiled ware 299
Plain ware 299
Painted ware 302
Preliminary remarks 302
Color of designs 302
Execution 302
Stages of ornament 303
Classification of ware 304
White ware 305
Classification by forms 306
Bowls 306
Ollas 306
Bottles 306
Handled vessels 306
Eccentric and life forms 307
Illustrations 307
District of the Rio Virgen 307
Bowls 308
Ollas 314
Handled vessels 314
District of the Rio San Juan 315
Bowls 316
Handled cups 318
Ollas 318
Handled vases 319
District of the Colorado Chiquito 321
Bowls 322
Ollas 335
Bottles 343
Handled vessels 346
Eccentric and life forms 353
Concluding remarks 358

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fig. 210.—Origin of forms 270
211.—Origin of forms 270
212.—Origin of forms 270
213.—Origin of forms 270
214.—Origin of forms 270
215.—Origin of handles 271
216.—Origin of handles 271
217.—Beginning of the coil 274
218.—Section of coil-made vessel 274
219.—Ordinary superposition of coils 277
220.—Coiled and plain surface 278
221.—Rib-like coil 279
222.—Rib-like coil 279
223.—Indented pattern 280
224.—Thumb-nail indentation 280
225.—Wave-like indentation 281
226.—Wave-like indentation 281
227.—Impressions of finger tips 281
228.—Implement indentations 281
229.—Nail markings 282
230.—Incised lines 282
231.—Incised pattern 282
232.—Applied fillet 283
233.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
234.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
235.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
236.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
237.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
238.—Examples of relief ornaments 283
239.—Vase from a cliff house, Mancos Cañon 285
240.—Vase from Epsom Creek 287
241.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 288
242.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 289
243.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 290
244.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 291
245.—Vase from Parowan, Utah 291
246.—Cup from central Utah 292
247.—Vase from Zuñi 293
248.—Vase from Zuñi 294
249.—Mug from Tusayan 294
250.—Vase from Tusayan 295
251.—Vase from Tusayan 296
252.—Vessel from Tusayan 296
253.—Vase from Tusayan 297
254.—Bowl from Cibola 297
255.—Bottle from tumulus at Saint George 300
256.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 301
257.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 301
258.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 308
259.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 309
260.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 309
261.—Painted design 310
262.—Bowl from Kanab, Utah 310
263.—Painted design 311
264.—Bowl from Kanab, Utah 311
265.—Painted design 311
266.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 312
267.—Painted design 312
268.—Bowl from Tusayan 312
269.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 313
270.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 313
271.—Pitcher from tumulus at Saint George 314
272.—Bowl from Montezuma Cañon 316
273.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 316
274.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 317
275.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 317
276.—Painted design 318
277.—Handled cup from Montezuma Cañon 318
278.—Handled cup from Montezuma Cañon 318
279.—Vase from San Juan Valley318
280.—Vase from San Juan Valley 319
281.—Vase lid from San Juan Valley 319
282.—Vase lid from San Juan Valley 319
283.—Handled bottle from San Juan Valley 319
284.—Handled bottle from San Juan Valley 320
285.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320
286.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320
287.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320
288.—Handled mug from southern Utah 320
289.—Bowl from Tusayan 322
290.—Bowl from Tusayan 323
291.—Painted design 323
292.—Bowl from Tusayan 324
293.—Painted design 325
294.—Handled bowl from Tusayan 325
295.—Painted design 326
296.—Original form of painted design 326
297.—Handled cup from Tusayan 327
298.—Handled cup from Tusayan 327
299.—Dipper from Tusayan 327
300.—Dipper from Tusayan 328
301.—Figure of bird 328
302.—Dipper from Tusayan 328
303.—Painted design 329
304.—Painted design 329
305.—Unit of the design 329
306.—Bowl from Tusayan 330
307.—Bowl from Tusayan 331
308.—Bowl from Tusayan 331
309.—Bowl from Tusayan 332
310.—Bowl from Tusayan 332
311.—Painted design 333
312.—Bowl from Tusayan 333
313.—Bowl from Tusayan 334
314.—Vase from Tusayan 334
315.—Vase from Tusayan 335
316.—Vase from Tusayan 335
317.—Vase from Tusayan 336
318.—Vase from Tusayan 336
319.—Painted design 337
320.—Vase from Tusayan 337
321.—Vase from Tusayan 338
322.—Painted design 338
323.—Unit of the design 339
324.—Vase from Tusayan 339
325.—Painted design 340
326.—Unit of the design 340
327.—Vase from Tusayan 341
328.—Painted design 342
329.—Unit of the design 342
330.—Vase from Tusayan 343
331.—Vase from Cibola 343
332.—Vase from Cibola 344
333.—Painted design 345
334.—Painted design 345
335.—Vase from Tusayan 346
336.—Handled vase from Tusayan 346
337.—Painted design 347
338.—Handled mug from Tusayan 347
339.—Painted design 348
340.—Vase from Tusayan 348
341.—Painted design 348
342.—Handled cup from Cibola 349
343.—Painted ornament 349
344.—Painted ornament 349
345.—Painted ornament 350
346.—Painted ornament 350
347.—Vase from Tusayan 350
348.—Vase from Tusayan 351
349.—Bottle from Tusayan 351
350.—Bottle from Tusayan 352
351.—Bottle from Tusayan 352
352.—Vase from eastern Arizona 353
353.—Vase from eastern Arizona 354
354.—Vase from Tusayan 354
355.—Vase from Tusayan 355
356.—Vase from Tusayan 355
357.—Vase from Tusayan 356
358.—Vase from Cibola 357
359.—Vase from Arizona 358
360.—Bird-shaped cup from Tusayan 358