Project Gutenberg 2010-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 95 Holmes, William Henry 1846 1933 Holmes, W. H. (William Henry) Holmes, William H. (William Henry) Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436 Produced by Lesley Halamek, Carlo Traverso, The Internet Archive: American Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley" by William H. Holmes is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work serves as a comprehensive study of the ceramic art produced by the ancient inhabitants of the Mississippi Valley, focusing specifically on the characteristics, functionalities, and artistic styles of their pottery. It delves into various aspects, such as construction methods, ornamental techniques, and the cultural significance of these artifacts. The opening of the study introduces its intent as part of a broader series of research on aboriginal ceramic art. Holmes outlines the scope of his examination, emphasizing that the collection he selected from various museums is representative of a limited yet significant area within the Mississippi Valley. He categorizes the pottery into three main groups based on geographical regions and acknowledges the variability in styles across these classes. Notably, he provides observations about the origins and functions of the pottery, as well as the evolutionary aspects of ceramic design, paving the way for a detailed classification and analysis of these historic relics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities Indian pottery -- Mississippi River Valley E011 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 215565 214059 2024-09-13T12:18:36.038701 2023-09-14T06:30:47.450557 text/html text/html 204479 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 16455670 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 16747346 2024-09-13T12:19:28.757948 application/epub+zip 16708271 2024-09-13T12:18:57.587094 application/epub+zip 122485 2024-09-13T12:18:37.304719 application/epub+zip 20066386 2024-09-13T12:19:38.300956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 20016475 2024-09-13T12:19:06.094094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156052 2022-09-14T15:30:09.719015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153002 152678 2024-09-13T12:18:34.515726 2023-09-14T06:30:45.498526 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 153041 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51245 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 153045 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51200 2021-01-06T10:40:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20966 2024-09-13T12:19:38.538892 application/rdf+xml 15660 2024-09-13T12:18:37.688722 image/jpeg 3580 2024-09-13T12:18:37.496689 image/jpeg 16502021 2024-09-13T12:18:36.533745 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia