VI CONTENTS. 



POTTKHY OK THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS, BY WILLIAM II. HOLMES. 



Introductory 265 



Distribution, character, and treatment of the art of the Pueblos 2GG 



The ceramic art 267 



Age 267 



Material 267 



Tempering 267 



Construction 268 



Surface fiuish 268 



Firing 268 



Glaze 268 



Hardness 269 



Color 269 



Form 269 



Origin of forms 269 



Handles 271 



Ornament 271 



Origin of ornament 272 



Use 272 



Classification 272 



Coil-made ware 273 



Coiling 273 



Coiling of the Pueblos 273 



Coiling of other peoples 275 



Origin of the coil 277 



The coil in ornamentation 278 



Other varieties of ornament 282 



Material 283 



Color, &c 283 



Form 283 



Use 283 



Illustrations of vessels • 284 



District of the Rio San Juan 284 



District of the Rio Virgen 287 



District of the. Little Colorado 292 



Pecos and the Rio Grande 298 



District of the Rio Gila 299 



Imitation coil- ware 299 



Plain ware 299 



Painted ware 302 



Preliminary remarks 302 



Color of designs 302 



Execution 302 



Stages of ornament 303 



Classification of ware 304 



Whi te ware 305 



Classification by form 306 



Bowls 306 



Ollas 306 



Bottles 306 



Handled vessels 306 



Eccentric and life forms 307 



