The Apachean utility types share a number of characteristics. The early types generally showed a preference for moderately large jar forms, usually a dark gray color but with considerable variation, thin walls, and limited decorative treatment. Texturing of vessel surfaces, especially on the exteriors, was not uncommon. Use of mica, either from a micaceous clay source, by addition of mica as tempering material, or by application of a mica slip, also had wide distribution. The tribes that continued the craft longest seem generally to have tended to produce smaller vessels with thicker walls as time went by.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:18:04 +0000
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