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 ...

The pottery demonstrates wit and skill ... The logic of the geometric designs recalls the Anasazi’s kinetic interactions between line, shape, motif, and cosmos, suggesting that the Casas ...

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 ...

Newly discovered evidence is shedding light on the movements of the Anasazi, a group of agricultural ... “Because of similarities in pottery and masonry construction, these sites stand out ...

"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.