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The designs on the ancient pottery of the Southwest 

 are largely geometric and purely decorative. Straight 

 lines and acute angles often combined into intricate 

 patterns predominate, but graceful curves and spirals 



Pueblo Bonito Pott( 



Prehistoric Pottery. Lower Gila River. 

 (Courtesy of Peabody Museum ) 



are also common. Several of the cylindrical pots from 

 Pueblo Bonito are evidently intended to represent ears 

 of corn, the kernels being figured in rows of black 



