Catawba Indian Pottery: The Survival of a Folk Tradition (Contemporary American Indians)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0817313834 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Bob Hensley Keeping it alive. A New Classic. Incredible resource for anyone interested in the Catawba Indians. Illuminates the history and techniques of the Catawba Pottery with anecdotes from Tribal Members personally know by the author. Well written and an enjoyable read.. excellent resource! Jennifer As an educator I had written lesson plans based on the work of Georgia Harris. So this book is an excellent resource to support her work (as well as others). Easy to read, great to use, this has been very helpful.
Archaeologists later collected and identified categories of pottery types belonging to the historic Catawba and extrapolated an association with their protohistoric and prehistoric predecessors. In this volume, Thomas Blumer traces the construction techniques of those documented ceramics to the lineage of their probable present-day master potters or, in other words, he traces the Catawba pottery traditions. In addition, the author details particular techniques of the representative potters—factors such as clay selection, tool use, decoration, and firing techniques—which influence their styles.. By mining data from archives and the oral traditions of contemporary potters, Blumer reconstructs sales circuits regularly traveled by Catawba peddlers and thereby illuminates unresolved questions regarding trade routes in the protohistoric period. With a Foreword by William Harris When Europeans encountered them, the Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that carries their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border
Using his extensive fieldwork and a narrative presentation, the author juxtaposes the evolving ceramic technology with a fascinating discussion of the role of pottery in changing Catawba economy from the 18th and continuing into the 21st century."—David G. Moore, Warren Wilson College. "This book represents an enormous body of work concerned with a significant topic--the persistence of the Catawba Indian pottery tradition