In pottery making Pueblo art found its highest expression. The gracefulness of contour, and the 

 dignified simplicity of ornamentation to be observed in some of the specimens, make one realize that the 

 search for beauty was as keenly alive in the hearts of prehistoric Southwestern peoples as it is in our 

 own today 



Due to the absence of metal, and tlie restricted use of basketry, pottery bowls were used for innu- 

 merable purposes. In them food was served, clay and pigment mixed for pottery making, earth borne 

 away from excavations, and mortar carried to the masons. Refuse heaps are filled with fragments of 

 them, and many excellent specimens are found with the dead 



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