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FORM AND COLOR IN AMERICAN INDIAN POTTERY NORTH OF MEXICO 1
Author(s) -
Harrington M. R.
Publication year - 1927
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1927.tb16847.x
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , art , ancient history , geography , history
Common features in American Indian pottery are the facts that it was strictly hand made without use of any form of the potter's wheel and that it was never really glazed. Due to development of the art in different ways, it is possible to distinguish seven different districts in America. A consideration of the pottery of each district is presented.