EVOLUTION OF DECORATION. 



I might go on, appealing to language to account for nearly every va- 

 riety of pottery found existing as a type throughout the region referred 

 to; but a subject inseparably connected with this, throwing light on it 

 in mauy ways, and possessing in itself great interest, claims treatment 

 on the lew remaining pages of this essay. I refer to the evolution and 

 significance or symbolism of Pueblo ceramic decorations. 



Before proceeding with this, however, I must acknowledge that I am 

 as much indebted to the teachings of Mr. E. B. Tylor, in his remark- 

 able works on Man's Early History and Primitive Culture, to Lubbock, 

 Daniel Wilson, Evans, and others, for the direction or impetus of these 

 inquiries, as I am to my own observations and experiments for its de- 

 velopment. 



The line of gradual development in ceramic decorations, especially 

 of the symbolic element, treated as a subject, is wider in its applica- 

 bility to the study of primitive man, because more clearly illustrative 

 of the growth of culture. I regret, therefore, that it must here be dealt 

 with only in a most cursory manner. Large collections for illustration 

 would be essential to a fuller treatment, even were space unlimited. 



Decoratively, Pueblo pottery is characterized by two marked features: 

 angular designs predominate and ornamental effect depends as much 



a b 



Fig. 542. — Example of Pueblo painted ornamentation. 



on the open or undecorated space as on the painted lines and areas in 

 the devices. (See Fig. 542.) While this is true of recent and modern 

 wares, it is more and more notably the case with other specimens in a 

 ratio increasing in proportion to their antiquity. 

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