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Louisiana Native Americans
Learning About Pottery
An LSU Museum of Natural Science presentation to accompany the activity
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Tchefuncte Pottery DemonstrationTchefuncte Pottery DemonstrationPottery replicator- Doyle Gertjejenson
Digging clay from river bank
Working the clay into clay balls
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1. Forming and smoothing the pottery base
2. Starting thevessel walls
Base and coilsBase and coils
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Vessel wallsVessel walls
• Starting vessel walls with clay coils
• Smoothing coils together
• Smoothing and extending side walls
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Smoothing and decorating the
vessel
Decorating implements- shell and stick
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Textured, unfired vessels waiting to be fired
Firing of vessels after intital preheating process
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Completed pots
Boiling water in finished pot.
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Making Pots the Native American Way
Materials:• Air drying or baking clay• Soft paintbrush• Small cup of water• Smooth rock• Texturing tools: sharp stick, oyster
or scallop shell, grass or moss, loose string, paddle wrapped with string
Purpose: Students will learn the traditional Native-American coiling method for making pottery.
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Coiling methodHow it works:1. Create a circular base of desired
diameter.
2. Roll out ropes of clay.
3. Stack the ropes on-top of each other in a circular fashion.
4. After the desired height and shape is achieved, press the coils together by smoothing and pressing the clay.
5. Use tools to decorate the pot.
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Becoming a Louisiana Becoming a Louisiana ArchaeologistArchaeologist
Materials needed• Hand-out of pottery sherds• Scissors• Construction paper• Glue• Colors
Purpose: Student will reconstruct their own artifact from sherds.
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Vocabulary and referencesVocabulary and references
Archaeologist - Sceintists who study the remains of past people
Sherds- broken pieces of pottery
• Vessel reconstruction pictures from LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology, Lot no. Lab-L73
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