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]