The Anasazi had many resources for art. That were very helpful to them. Like pottery and turquoise. Mostly from Chaco Canyon or Pueblo Bonito. The pottery that the Anasazi made was commonly things that were used for cooking and eating though it did have other uses. Also most of the pottery that the Anasazi was made in a black on white style. Some examples of the pottery is pitchers, bowls and ladles. Turquoise was used mainly for decorative creations, jewelry, or to spruce up a regular item like pottery. Starting with very small pieces of turquoise anything could be made. Before a pottery item dried small pieces of turquoise could have been pushed into it, so that when it dried it would look beautiful and fit for and important person. But usually the small pieces of turquoise usually only 4 to 5 mm in diameter were made into beads to make into necklaces and other jewelry. After a pice was finished it may have been kept or taken to be traded for supplies that the Native Americans really needed. Some of the places that the jewelry was taken to was later combined to make even bigger and better pieces. So I believe that pottery and turquoise were both important in the lives of the Anasazi people. The pottery was good for everyday life and turquoise was good for use in trade, since other people were willing to trade really good items, like tools and supplies for it.

Logan

The Anasazi had many resources for art. That were very helpful to them. Like pottery and turquoise. Mostly from Chaco Canyon or Pueblo Bonito. The pottery that the Anasazi made was commonly things that were used for cooking and eating though it did have other uses. Also most of the pottery that the Anasazi was made in a black on white style. Some examples of the pottery is pitchers, bowls and ladles. Turquoise was used mainly for decorative creations, jewelry, or to spruce up a regular item like pottery. Starting with very small pieces of turquoise anything could be made. Before a pottery item dried small pieces of turquoise could have been pushed into it, so that when it dried it would look beautiful and fit for and important person. But usually the small pieces of turquoise usually only 4 to 5 mm in diameter were made into beads to make into necklaces and other jewelry. After a pice was finished it may have been kept or taken to be traded for supplies that the Native Americans really needed. Some of the places that the jewelry was taken to was later combined to make even bigger and better pieces. So I believe that pottery and turquoise were both important in the lives of the Anasazi people. The pottery was good for everyday life and turquoise was good for use in trade, since other people were willing to trade really good items, like tools and supplies for it.

Rex

Pottery was a very important form of art for most Native American Tribes. Pottery did not vary much from region to region. Usually it was black on white and they ranged from ~12cm-~30cm. Pottery was very creative because it demonstrated their religious beliefs on some and very interesting patterns on others. Shell was another material used in art and jewelry. It was usually used with turquoise to make jewelry. The typical way a shell and turquoise necklace would look is small bits of turquoise and shell dulled into little circular disks with a hole in the middle for thread. Animals and wood were very important to the Anasazi. Animals were used in the making of clothes by skinning them and using the rest of the body for other things, for instance sometimes the bones would be hollowed out in order to make instruments and the meat would be used for food. Woodcarvings were a very famous form of artwork in the Anasazi tribes. They would make very complex carvings of animals and people. There was usually a religious significance in the animal and nature carvings, but carvings of people were usually not religious.

Kassim

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