Design Analysis (Other Keyword)

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Birds, Monkeys, and Shapes, Oh My!:Investigating Intersecting Motifs on Ceramic Vessels, Stamps, and Candeleros (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marne Ausec. Patricia Urban. Jacob Griffith-Rosenberg. Reagan Neviska. Chelsea Katzeman.

Ongoing design description and analysis have revealed commonalities in the decoration of diverse ceramic artifact classes. Here we outline the specifics of these design features, focusing on depictions of monkeys and birds, geometric designs such as crosshatching and dots, and how these are used individually and in combinations. The use of similar designs on diverse pottery artifact classes suggests a commonality of accepted design elements, although there are differences between classes in...


Design Analysis, Social Identity and Ancestral Pueblo Migration: Southwest Colorado to Northern New Mexico (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Samantha Linford.

Between PIII and PIV the Southwest saw the largest shift in population from the Mesa Verde region (SW Colorado) to the Northern Rio Grande (N. New Mexico). Traces of this migration are difficult to identify in material culture, but Pueblo oral traditions document the migration from the North and discuss two moieties: summer and winter. My research aims to understand dual division within Pueblo society and whether summer and winter moieties can be referenced through ceramic designs before and...


Ramey Incised Pottery (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Roberta J. Griffith.

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