Even in prehistoric times pottery decoration was an intellectual ... ceremonies and afterlife gifts. The Anasazi women would freehand paint the designs, which was difficult to paint on curved ...

An influx of different pottery designs suggests immigrants from the ... The drought likely ended any hope the Anasazi had of a revival, though. Perhaps the lesson is that environmentalists and ...

"I usually start with sketching shapes, then look at Navajo rugs, Anasazi pottery, and African sculpture to start thinking about textures [to be] reinterpreted into my designs," she explains.