Catawba Indian Pottery
Catawba Indian Pottery

Author: Thomas J. Blumer

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0817350616

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Traces the craft of pottery making among the Catawba Indians of North Carolina from the late 18th century to the present When Europeans encountered them, the Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that carries their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border. Archaeologists later collected and identified categories of pottery types belonging to the historic Catawba and extrapolated an association with their protohistoric and prehistoric predecessors. In this volume, Thomas Blumer traces the construction techniques of those documented ceramics to the lineage of their probable present-day master potters or, in other words, he traces the Catawba pottery traditions. By mining data from archives and the oral traditions of contemporary potters, Blumer reconstructs sales circuits regularly traveled by Catawba peddlers and thereby illuminates unresolved questions regarding trade routes in the protohistoric period. In addition, the author details particular techniques of the representative potters—factors such as clay selection, tool use, decoration, and firing techniques—which influence their styles.

North Carolina Art Pottery 1900-1960
North Carolina Art Pottery 1900-1960

Author: Everette James

Publisher:

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781574323085

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Pottery from the Catawba Valley, mountain pottery of Western North Carolina, the Coles, Nell Cole Graves, the Cravens, Jugtown, M.L. Owen, and even rare and unusual pieces are discussed. Signs, stamps, shapes, and symbols used are given coverage, as well as the implications of condition of the pottery. Family tree charts in this book are reprinted from The Traditional Potters of Seagrove, NC, copyright 1994, Robert C. Lock, Inc.

Cherokee Pottery
Cherokee Pottery

Author: M. Anna Fariello

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011-04-06

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1625842104

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Discover the stories, history and meaning of Cherokee pottery and artists. The intricate designs and complex patterns of Cherokee pottery have been developed over centuries. Both timeless and time-honored, these singular works of pottery are still crafted by the proud hands of Cherokee women in Western North Carolina. Cherokee Pottery recounts the history of a tradition passed from elder to child through countless generations. Anna Fariello, associate professor at Western Carolina University, explores the method and meaning molded into each piece, along with the stories of the potters themselves.

The Catawba Indian Nation of the Carolinas
The Catawba Indian Nation of the Carolinas

Author: Thomas Blumer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780738517063

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The Catawba Indians are aboriginal to South Carolina, and their pottery tradition may be traced to 2,400 B.C. When Hernando de Soto visited the Catawba Nation (then Cofitachique) in 1540, he found a sophisticated Mississippian Culture. After the founding of Charleston in 1670, the Catawba population declined. Throughout subsequent demographic stress, the Catawba supported themselves by making and peddling pottery. They have the only surviving Native American pottery tradition east of the Mississippi. Without pottery, there would be no Catawba Indian Nation today.

Carolina Folk
Carolina Folk

Author: McKissick Museum

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780872499508

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Identifies the Carolinas' contributions to Southern Folk traditions.

The Indians’ New World
The Indians’ New World

Author: James H. Merrell

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0807838691

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This eloquent, pathbreaking account follows the Catawbas from their first contact with Europeans in the sixteenth century until they carved out a place in the American republic three centuries later. It is a story of Native agency, creativity, resilience, and endurance. Upon its original publication in 1989, James Merrell's definitive history of Catawbas and their neighbors in the southern piedmont helped signal a new direction in the study of Native Americans, serving as a model for their reintegration into American history. In an introduction written for this twentieth anniversary edition, Merrell recalls the book's origins and considers its place in the field of early American history in general and Native American history in particular, both at the time it was first published and two decades later.

Art of the Cherokee
Art of the Cherokee

Author: Susan C. Power

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780820327662

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"In addition to tracing the development of Cherokee art, Power reveals the wide range of geographical locales from which Cherokee art has originated. These places include the Cherokee's tribal homeland in the southeast, the tribe's areas of resettlement in the West, and abodes in the United States and beyond to which individuals subsequently moved. Intimately connected to the time and place of its creation, Cherokee art changed along with Cherokee social, political, and economic circumstances. The entry of European explorers into the Southeast, the Trail of Tears, the American Civil War, and the signing of treaties with the U.S. government are among the transforming events in Cherokee art history that Power discusses."--BOOK JACKET.