Crowley County Combined Library

The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery.

The 2,000-year-old pottery traditions of 29 Southwestern American Indian tribes, are explored by the author and photographer, focusing on the relationship among community, art, landscape, and people.

Contains photo-illustrated instructions for making functional earthenware, and includes tips on finding and preparing clay, decoration, firing, and cooking in a clay pot.

Provides addresses, telephone numbers, and descriptions of trading posts, galleries, museums, and other arts and crafts outlets throughout the Navajo, Hopi, Ute, Paiute, and Apache reservations, the Rio Grande Pueblos, and towns of the Four Corners region.

"Husband and wife archaeologists Florence C. and Robert H. Lister and their two children traveled the archaeological world from 1940 to 1970. They produced numerous respected studies in the field of Southwestern archaeology and ceramics. Pot Luck, however, takes the Lister bibliography in a new direction. Written in the years following Robert Lister's death in 1990, Pot Luck describes professional archaeology in personal terms, offering lively portraits...