Two Native American sisters collected rocks and yucca leaves from the mountains near their home in New Mexico. They hiked three miles to a secret mesa to mine for clay and then gathered firing ...

A brief history of Acoma Pueblo -- Introduction to Acoma pottery -- Early Acoma pottery styles, circa 1300-1700 -- Acoma polychrome jars and bowls, early period (circa 1700-1770) and late period ...

The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, fourth in a series of books about Pueblo ceramics by Dwight P. Lanmon and Francis H. Harlow, is a remarkable record in text, photographs, and diagrams. There is such range ...

The western U.S. state of New Mexico has 19 Pueblo tribal communities, some of them among the oldest American Indian settlements in the United States. Many of them are well known for their pottery, ...

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A Pueblo potter today, searching for a statement that is perhaps both innovative and respectful to tradition, can find inspiration in the painted designs on ancient pots. “Some also grind up old ...

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2006-09-24 04:00:00 PDT Acoma, New Mexico-- It's a good thing the Acoma are resilient. Over the centuries they have survived drought, invasion by gold-seeking Spaniards, massacres, enforced conversion ...

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