Designs on prehistoric Hopi pottery

Designs on prehistoric Hopi pottery

In the following pages the author has endeavored to draw attention to some of the most important symbols on Hopi pottery, especially those of prehistoric times. Consideration of this subject has led to a discussion of the char acter of pottery designs at different epochs and the interpretation, by study of survivals, of ancient designs in modern times. This chronological treatment has necessitated an examination of ceramic material from ruins of different ages and an ethnological study of ancient symbols still surviving in ceremonials now practiced. It has also led to sociological researches on the composition of the tribe, the sequence in the arrival of clans at Walpi, and their culture in distant homes from which they migrated.

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THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

CONTENTS

NOTE ON THE ACCOMPANYING PAPERS

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS

USES OF PLANTS BY THE INDIANS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER REGION

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES

ETHNIC BOTANY

INFLUENCE OF FLORA ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CULTURE

INFLUENCE OF HUMAN POPULATION ON FLORA

TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS USED BY INDIANS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER REGION

ANCIENT AND MODERN PHYTOCULTURE BY THE TRIBES

CONCLUSION

GLOSSARY OF PLANT NAMES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE REGION BETWEEN THE MANGOS AND LAPLATA RIVERS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION

I. THE CLIFF-RUINS OF JOHNSON CANYON

BUILDINGS

ARTIFACTS

SUMMARY

II. RUINS ON THE MESAS

CONCLUSIONS

DESIGNS ON PREHISTORIC HOPI POTTERY

THE RUIN, SIKYATKI

TANOAN EPOCH

AUTHORITIES CITED

THE HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI

PERSONS IN THE STORY

ACTION OF THE STORY

BACKGROUND OF THE STORY

LAIE I KA WAI

NOTES ON THE TEXT

APPENDIX

INDEX TO REFFERENCES

INDEX