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Tracking the Lost Mogollon Across the Ancient Southwest – A Short Documentary

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The archaeological record contains clues about a group of people who moved around the ancient Southwest making beautiful red ware pottery. Can we track these "Lost Mogollon" based on the pottery they left behind? Follow me as I take you on a whirlwind tour around the American Southwest to look at the clues related to these people and their stunning pottery.

0:00 San Pedro River
3:14 Alkali Ridge
5:00 Edge of the Cedars
8:20 Reeve Ruin
10:55 Reasons Why They Returned
12:23 Conclusion

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History Behind Southwestern Arts: Pottery

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Earth, water, and fire are the elements of pottery. Many Native potters believe creating vessels are an opportunity to bond with the land and with the past. Clay vessels have been made for storage and household use in Indigenous Southwest societies for nearly 2,000 years. Pottery is a complex art form to master. It requires learning a complex series of tasks and knowing how materials will react to firing.

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Symbols found on the prehistoric Southwest Anasazi Pottery of the U.S. from A.D. 1300-1400

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Symbols found on the Prehistoric Southwest Pottery from A.D. 1300-1400 including the White Mountain Redwares and Salado Polychromes. Examining the symbols found on the prehistoric pottery of the Southwestern United States with ceramic representations of clouds, thunderbirds, clan symbols, marriage, war, the Milky Way etc.

Presented by James Cunkle: archaeologist and author of "Talking Pots", "Treasures of Time", "Mimbres Mythology", "Stone Magic" and more.

music by James Cunkle and Carlos Niki.