Pottery

Formerly known as the Anasazi, the Ancestral Puebloans dominated the present-day Four Corners region of the Southwest from about 500-1250 AD. The Ancestral Puebloans first settled in the plateau area where water was in abundance, initially located at Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Kayenta. They were basket-makers and hunter-gatherers who eventually migrated across the entire Colorado Plateau, including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and southwestern Colorado. Around the first millennium BC, the…

Archeologist discover Knossos palace on an island called Crete, which is south of Greece. It is one of the biggest palaces in Crete. In the research paper, I will further discuss the language and how anthropologists use the artwork (such as painting, pottery, relief, frescoes, architectural buildings, et cetera) that was founded in the Knossos Palace to learn more about the Minoans’ culture. I will also talk about the diet of the Minoan and how the most advance civilization during the Bronze Age…

He analyzes pottery assemblages, architecture, and pit features and how these would change in the mist of the shatter zone. Based on the analysis of temper type, density of temper, and vessel thickness, Marcoux identified three potting traditions at the Townsend Site…

Pottery from Ancient Greece has not only served as holding substances, it has told many stories throughout history. Through the processes of black figure and red figure painting, stories of all kinds are told. In a seemingly simple process of carving and heating, stories have been told and passed down for centuries straight from the decorative amphoras and kraters. Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game and Skyphos with the Return of Hephaestus to Olympus both tell stories that the ancient Greeks…

regarding how the Olmec iconography, specifically in regards to Olmec style ceramics, disseminated and interacted with neighbouring regions. Blomster et al. (2005) and Backes et al. (2012) propose that the standardized Olmec iconography on such pottery was exported throughout Mesoamerica and spread the Olmec institutions and culture. Furthermore, they suggest that this standardized and widespread manifestation acted as a precursor or “mother culture” to other complex societies…

1. Describe two of the three column styles found in ancient Greek architecture. Two of the three column styles found in ancient Greek architecture are Ionic and Corinthian orders. Ionic order columns rest on detailed bases and have slender columns. On top of the columns are double scrolls. In contrast, Corinthian columns are more elaborate compared to Ionic columns. On top of the columns consist of two rows of fanned out leaves and fours scrolls. 2. What were Ushabti? What purpose did they…

Other’s Opinions Boys Don’t Knit:(In Public) by T.S Easton. Ben Fletcher gets in trouble with the law, and as a consequence must take up knitting. But he wants to keep it a secret from his friends, sports fanatic father, and crush, Megan because he feels like they won’t accept him. The theme of Boys Don’t Knit is, what other people think of you shouldn’t matter. Moreover, The novel starts off with Ben Fletcher already being on probation, for what, the reader doesn't know yet. His friends, Gex…

900 A.D. Huari is located in the highland region of Peru. Huari was known as an Andean civilization. The civilization lasted roughly about 400 years (600 A.D – 1000 A.D). The Huari civilization was well known for its art, particularly pottery. Their style of pottery even influenced civilizations like Tiwanaku (located at Lake Titicaca) and Nazca. This period was called the Middle Horizon Period. This suggests that Huari had a wide range of…

the Maya civilization. The Empire reached its peak—its golden age—in sixth century C.E. Nineteen million people, which constituted three culturally and linguistically different groups, very densely populated the area. The Mayans excelled in ornate pottery, innovative agriculture, astronomical observations, and complex yet foundational mathematics; they also…

1. Introduction: “Two thousand years ago there was a major break in the economic and social world of southern Africa. Domestic animals and pottery were introduced for the first time into an environment of hunter-gatherers. There is considerable debate on the origin and spread of domestic animals on the subcontinent, but no argument that they have arrived from the north” Quoted by Cummings et al. 2014:484). According to Mountain (2003:40) the Khoekhoen have been regarded as the ethnographic…