“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” Adult Education Class

Examples of ancient southwestern Patayan, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo Native American pottery courtesy of Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Museum, and Amerind Foundation Museum.

“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” adult education class will be taught by archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Pima Community College Room 203, 1250 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, Arizona*  3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) members; OLLI-UA Green Valley $105 semiannual (7/1-12/3/2016) membership fee or $140 entire—year fee year allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.

In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in the U.S. Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about how archaeologists use pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways. He discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how the things people make change in style over time, and how different styles are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating archaeological sites. His many illustrations include examples of ancient pottery types made throughout the American Southwest from about 2000 to 500 years ago.

* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To join Green Valley OLLI visit http://olli.arizona.edu/ to download a registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or garlina@cox.net, or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or adart@oldpueblo.org.