louisiana native americans learning about pottery an lsu museum of natural science presentation to...
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Louisiana Native Americans
Learning About Pottery
An LSU Museum of Natural Science presentation to accompany the activity
Tchefuncte Pottery DemonstrationTchefuncte Pottery DemonstrationPottery replicator- Doyle Gertjejenson
Digging clay from river bank
Working the clay into clay balls
1. Forming and smoothing the pottery base
2. Starting thevessel walls
Base and coilsBase and coils
Vessel wallsVessel walls
• Starting vessel walls with clay coils
• Smoothing coils together
• Smoothing and extending side walls
Smoothing and decorating the
vessel
Decorating implements- shell and stick
Textured, unfired vessels waiting to be fired
Firing of vessels after intital preheating process
Completed pots
Boiling water in finished pot.
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.
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.
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.
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