Looking forward to this challenge! Remember, if you want that chaco cylinder jar to be as authentic as possible, it needs that chocolate residue, so drink up when it's done! ☕
Thanks. I am wondering what the authentic chocolate drink would have been like. Because I have to assume it is nothing like hot cocoa and also very little like Mexican hot chocolate. Have you ever seen a recipe?
@@AncientPottery There are many recorded ingredients and flavorings and there would have been a many varieties of it (kind of like how there's many varieties of coffee today). I can tell you for a fact, that it would not have had sugar. I'm not aware of any pre-contact recipes that survive in detail, though you can find "Aztec" or "Maya" chocolate recipes online. (I personally think that most of those are modern interpretations though but they are still worth looking at). I'd recommend getting "The True History of Chocolate" by Michael and Sophie Coe from the local library if you want to go a little deeper. My next episode will actually be about this topic so keep an eye out for it.
@@AncientPottery Google says there was a drink 3500 years ago called Xocolatl or bitter water. It was made from crushed cocoa, cornmeal and chili pepper. I know this is an earlier time period than the pots you are making. Google also says they worshipped this drink. I take that part with a grain of salt. In my experience, modern science says Native people worship anything the scientists don’t understand. They don’t seem to understand the difference between “holding great respect for” and “worshiping.” Anyway… hope this helps a little.❤️🤗🐝
This video is so amazing thank you I really enjoyed the focus on Chaco canyon. I think it is one of the most spectacular sites I’ve ever beheld. It was really nice to see the Maps of the different tribes and hear about the timelines and how pottery has changed. I love this intricate history. I’m sure other people do too. It’s just makes pottery that much more interesting and compelling. Ancient pottery techniques were such a phenomenal technology. They were also a huge, cultural and creative focus. I love that you’re bringing modern attention to the sacred ancient lost arts. You are the Bob Ross of ancient pottery!! ❤
Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed this video. These kinds of mini-documentaries take a lot more time to produce, even without actually traveling.
I just recently discovered your channel, Andy. The hard work and attention to detail that you put into every video is obvious and very much appreciated. I look forward to learning all that you have to teach!
You are seriously the coolest. EVER 🎉 I want to be your apprentice in another dimension where I don't have to work all the time. I really appreciate this video! I'm in prescott AZ.
I'm so happy you are doing another season! The patterns on these pieces are gorgeous and inspiring. I won't be creating them on pottery but I might play around with them some other way.
I live on the San Marcos pueblo land grant, near Santa Fe. I've found dozens of shards and one arrowhead on my property that are quite beautiful. Good luck with your project. Michael
Hi Andy, really great to see your new challenge! Look forward to trying to replicate at least some of these. And look forward much more to seeing your videos of you making them! (Hope you got my photos of the pots I made for the last challenge)
Hi Andy your content is great I really enjoy it, you are an engaging host and I feel very warmly towards you and your passion for traditional pottery! I am from the UK and would love to get into all this one day. Sadly I live in a dense urban environment and don't have much access to land where I could start a fire without upsetting anyone. Till I figure something out I'll be watching your videos to learn and relax. All the best. 👍 ☀
The designs are amazingly detailed geometric. I would love to know the meaning of the designs. I am Australian and watched your video today on how to make and fire a bowl at home. Your channel is fascinating and your craftsmanship is fabulous, Andy!
Looking forward to seeing this year’s challenge. Maybe I will get around to making some of these one day but for now I just enjoy watching you do it. I find it very interesting. Thank you for doing this.
Super excited! I’m a beginning potter. I’ve taken a hand building class and a wheel throwing class. I won’t be able to participate in the challenge unfortunately but very much looking forward to watching you make these. Hopefully I’ll be able to participate in the future if you continue this series.
Interesting coalesced living structures. The variety of pottery shapes, materials, paints, and geometric designs is quite large. I find it interesting that geometric designs seem far more overrepresented than designs that are recognizable as being pictographic. It might be that some of what I see as geometric is in fact pictographic, but is too abstract for me to recognize as being pictographic.
Andy you've inspired me to harvest some wild clay of my own (just trying to figure out how much grog i need!) that's been sitting waiting for a shape to be called out of it for about a week now! Im tempted to try to make a scaled down Tusayan Polychrome bowl to use as a yarn bowl.... But I think a Chaco Canyon style brush holder/vase might be more attainable for an absolute beginner 🤔
@@AncientPottery thank you! The thing is that the clay i harvested already seems like it has enough tiny sandy bits that it's texture looks a lot like what you say "looks good" in your own vid where you add the grog in... Im from Ontario Canada and it came from a creek bed so I think it must have a good amount of sand and i was thinking of doing a test firing to see for sure
So it sounds like someone should build Museum and all that potter needs to come back to the south west. And those places in the east potter they need to make there potter.
I was very interested in the Show Low pueblo. I have been looking for information about that pueblo and the artifacts found there. Can you tell me where that information might be found?
There is no order for that, but you might enjoy some of the videos in the "Get Started in Primitive Pottery" playlist ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ztLn3BsYuJ8.html
What happened in 1300 or so that caused such a rapid cultural shift? What theories do archeologists have? Is there a good RU-vid channel you recommend for Southwestern Ancient History?
That's the $100,000 question. There are a lot of theories out there. That was around the time that the kachina religion began. Also warfare and drought effected some areas and cause people to move away. @ArchaeologySouthwest is a good source of information about the ancient Southwest.
Hi andy, Could you describe how the styles differ from each other? Obviously the redware and the black and white are very different, but I can’t tell between different black and white styles what the distinctive aspects are. Thanks!
That's pretty technical stuff. I tried to keep it simple, explaining that some were made with organic paint and some with mineral paint, etc. But many of these types are defined based on differences in the temper and the clay or subtle design differences. The best place to find out more about these pottery types with detailed descriptions is this website run by the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies - ceramics.nmarchaeology.org One of my goals is to spend more time listing sources in the dooblidoo of my videos to help people who want to go deeper get a more detailed description than I offer in the video.
