June 2022 – Ceramic Technology Lab

Infographic labeled "A handy guide to Caribbean ceramic identification- Chicoid". With descriptive writing and several hand-drawn ceramic sherds, including incised sherds and adornos. Descriptive writing as follows in bullet points: The latest pottery series in Rouse's (1992) series. Quickly overtook other pottery series by AD 1350. People making Chicoid pottery intermarried with other communities and appropriation came soon after. The latest series to be imported into the Lucayan Islands. Common to see incising and adornos. Adornos can be animalistic or humanoid. Incised lines very clean and even. Effigy vessels are common. Credit: Emily Kracht (@emweasels)

Pottery Series of the Caribbean

Jun 21, 2022

Learn the difference between the common ceramic series of the Caribbean (Rouse 1992) with these cheat sheets from Collections Assistant … Continue