This mesa in New Mexico is believed to hold one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the US. Mission Church, San Esteban del Rey, Acoma ... by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
The Mogollon tradition of the Greater Southwest was diverse, expansive, and vibrant. Introduction to Mogollon by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
Pottery Makers is one of many that the artist Awa Tsireh (Cattail Bird, Spanish name Alfonso Roybal) created about Pueblo cultures Awa Tsireh, Pottery Makers by Ryuichi Nakayama
Paquimé played a key role in trade and cultural contacts between the Pueblo culture of the southwestern United States and Mesoamerica. Paquimé (Casas Grandes), Mogollon culture by UNESCO
This Ancestral Puebloan jar was made to store good during a time of drought Socorro black-on-white storage jar by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Hopi blessing for a child's growth and prosperity, with a reminder to respect elders White Ogre Tihu (Katsina Figure) by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A unique water jar from Acoma that features a pumpkin Acoma polychrome water jar by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A water jar made by a famous matriarch in Pueblo pottery Nampeyo, Polacca polychrome water jar by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pueblo architecture reveals a close connection to the surrounding landscape and to Pueblo culture. Pueblo architecture and its relationship to place by Cassandra Smith
A modernism emerges from tourism, boarding schools & indigenous traditions The pueblo modernism of Ma Pe Wi by Dr. Adriana Greci Green and Dr. Beth Harris
Nampeyo found inspiration from the old to create a pottery style that was entirely new and highly sought after. Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), polychrome jar by Dr. David W. Penney, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution and Dr. Steven Zucker
Martinez’s distinctive style developed from studying Southwestern pottery and Modernist abstraction. Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke
Faced with mass production, Maria Martinez continued hand-making pottery as art rather than utilitarian vessels. Puebloan: Maria Martinez, Black-on-black ceramic vessel by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke