The document discusses the Pueblo peoples, Native American groups living in the American Southwest. It notes that the Pueblo are known for their pottery, which has been passed down through generations. The document explains that the Pueblo used clay in their pottery due to its connection to the earth and its natural abundance in the area. Pueblo pottery featured geometric designs that represented important symbols.

2.  Arizona, New Mexico, southern
Utah, Colorado and Northern
Mexico.
 Famous for its Native American
pottery both ancient and modern.
 Pueblo peoples include the Zuni,
Hopi, Acoma and Laguna tribes
 Why are they called pueblo
peoples?

3. Why did the Pueblo people use
Clay???
• Strongly connected
with the land or Mother
Earth
• Clay is earth
• Connection with
Mother Earth reflected
in Many aspect of their
culture including their
pottery
 Clay is a natural
resource of the area.

4.  Ancient ancestors of the Pueblo people
 Passed pottery tradition from generation to
generation
 Known for their black on white geometric pottery

5.  Storing corn and seeds
 Cooking
 Eating
 Ceremonial purposes such as weddings

6.  Straight lines
 Steps
 Squares
 Spirals
 Triangles
 Represent that
were to their
--Mother Earth

7.  Draw REPEATING:
 SHAPES: Squares, circles, triangles
 LINES
 SPIRALS
 ZIG ZAGS
 STEPS
 Outline they shapes you have drawn
 Color in what you want dark
 Pattern should enhance the FORM your pot
 Pattern should be SIMPLE

8.  Slide 1 imge:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo
ns/6/66/Anasazi_Map_USA1.GIF
 http://www.artbasedclasses.com/Continental%
20Fine%20Arts.htm slide 4