The document discusses Mayan ceramics and pottery created by four students. It describes how the Mayans sculpted pottery with images of humans, animals, and deities and traded pottery across their civilization. Each student recreated a piece of Mayan pottery - Luke Wolfe created a bowl with a cougar image, Aaron Gamble made a face pot, Shelby Hervey sculpted a beast figure as a challenge, and Carlee Robasciotti painted a fish flask to represent Mayan handmade techniques and trade of fish.

1. MAYAN CULTURE
BY:
Luke Wolfe, Aaron Gamble,
Shelby Hervey, & Carlee Robasciotti

2. Mayan Ceramics
● Sculptures and monuments were not only made
for public view but also to express ones feelings.
● Mayan artists were figured to be in the same class
as the elites in society for they shared the same
literacy.
● Most of their pottery was decorated with images
of humans, animals, or theological creatures.
● Their clay they used to make there pots was
mixed by hand with volcanic ash.
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3. ●Mayans were great at creating bowls, plates, and saucers.
● The Mayans also sold and traded their pottery around the
Mayan world.

4. Cougar BowlCougar Bowl
● Cougar bowl was
recreated by Luke Wolfe.
● The Mayans made a lot
of pottery that had
images or figures on
them like this bowl.
● I created this piece
because the Mayans
often created pottery that
showed respect to the
animals who they
thought helped protect
them.

5. Face Pot
● The face pot was
recreated by Aaron
Gamble
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6. Beast Sculpture
● The Beast Sculpture was
recreated by Shelby
Hervey
● I created this sculpture as
a personal challenge to
push my limits. I Felt it was
an creation of offering to
show how powerful they
felt animals presence were
in their lives.

8. Fish Flask
● The Fish Flask was
recreated by Carlee
Robasciotti.
● Not only did they use fish as
food, but they also used the
oils and other components to
make useful tools from bones,
and they also used them for
trade.
● I painted it black instead of
glazing it because the Mayan
culture more so based their
pottery and ceramics with
hand made techniques.

9. ●
So not only does the fish represent food, and trade, but the
ability to make something that can be useful by hand.

10. ●
So not only does the fish represent food, and trade, but the
ability to make something that can be useful by hand.