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Authentic Southwestern Anasazi (ancestral Puebloan) replica pottery made in Colorado with archaeological references using only prehistorically available materials, tools, and techniques. Work is done without the benefits of metal, modern equipment, commercial materials or animal fuels.

Wood's Authentic Prehistoric Pottery Technology Model 

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bulletclaydig.jpg (43248 bytes) Materials: All hand-gathered clays and materials.
bulletTools.jpg (23482 bytes) Tools: Made of gourd, stone, bone, leather, wood and yucca.
bulletgrind.jpg (9633 bytes)Grinding Clay: with Mano and Metate.
bulletforming.jpg (16445 bytes) Process: Hand-built using coil, pinch and scrape method.
bullet: vessel surface for high luster before painting.
bulletpaint.jpg (16832 bytes) Paint: Hand painted with organic paint using a yucca brush.
bulletfire.jpg (23265 bytes) Firing: Sandstone lined trench kiln firing using wood fuel.           
bulletunearth4.jpg (43030 bytes) Unearthing: the trench Kiln
bullet052998fire.jpg (79084 bytes) Fired Pottery: in the trench kiln
 

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