Native American Ceramics

There are many styles of Native American pottery, depending on the specific tribe and region.

The Hopi tribe have been making pottery since 800 A.D. They lived in Arizona and Northern Mexico. Their pottery uses red-orange clay, with white and black glaze. They used the coil-building technique, with shapes and abstract animal forms.

The Anasazi lived in parts of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona from 1500 B.C. to around 1300 A.D. They used similar shapes and patterns to the Hopi people, but black and white glaze.

The Pueblo Native Americans lived in buildings built into cliffsides from the 1600's to modern times. Their pottery was all black, with designs made by polishing shapes and patterns and scratching in shapes.