The Pottery Detectives: Resources for Educators
Introduction
Dear Educator:
The Pottery Detectives
exhibition (March 2003 - September 2004 at ASM and November 2004 - May 2005 at the
Mesa Southwest Museum) introduced visitors to the enduring art
of American Indian pottery in the American Southwest, as well as the scientific
methods archaeologists use to “decode” their ancient secrets.
The following pages provide information originally designed to prepare teachers and students
for a visit, and include suggestions for pre-visit lessons, vocabulary, a
bibliography, on-line resources and post-visit lesson ideas. Although the exhibition is over, these resources
can still be used to teach about ancient Arizona (the Hohokam, Mogollon and Ancestral
Pueblo) and early Southwest ceramics.
Ancestral Pueblo
Black-on-white
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Hohokam Red-on-buff |
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Mogollon Corrugated
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Classic Mimbres
(New Mexico Mogollon branch)
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Next: Student Vocabulary
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