Incised—In pottery, grooved in soft clay with a sharp tool.
Jacal—A type of construction in which walls are made of upright poles set at short intervals and heavily plastered with adobe.
Katchinas—Supernatural beings in Pueblo Indian mythology, or masked dancers personifying these beings.
Killed Pottery—Pottery in which a hole has been punched or drilled in order to release the soul or spirit of the vessel which is conceived as being a part of the maker.
Kiva—A ceremonial chamber, usually subterranean and circular.
Mano—A hand stone, usually roughly oblong, used for grinding grains, seeds, etc.
Metate—The grinding stone on which the [Mano] is rubbed.
Moraine—An accumulation of earth, stones, etc. carried and finally deposited by a glacier.
Oxidizing Atmosphere—Pottery is said to have been fired in an [oxidizing atmosphere] when air is permitted to circulate around it during the firing process. This leads to an excess of oxygen in the atmosphere and produces pottery in shades of red, brown, or yellow.
Paddle-and-Anvil—A pottery-finishing technique in which coil impressions are obliterated by striking the exterior of the vessel with a paddle while holding a round or mushroom-shaped object, known as an anvil, within the vessel to receive the force of the blow.