To continue our posts on important historical references of great traditional hand building cultures for research we can group the americas as one- Meso and South American work and our own Native American pottery. These works have many elements in common. Pots were made for everyday use. Pottery also played a very important part in the social and spiritual elements of life. Two good books to begin with are "World Ceramics," by Hugo and Marjorie Munsterberg, and "A History of World Pottery," by Emmanuel Cooper. These books can be found in the school library.
Native American work from the Pueblo era in the southwest are still made in the same traditional way. The most famous of the Pueblo potters was Maria Martinez.
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