Title: Aboriginal Indian pottery of the Dominican republic /
Authors: Krieger, Herbert W. 1889-1970; Smithsonian Institution; United States National Museum
Publisher: U. S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Year: 1931
Subjects: Indian pottery Dominican Republic.; Pottery Dominican Republic.; Arawak Indians; Indians of the West Indies Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic Antiquities
Abstract: The material culture of the Arawak Indians of Santo Domingo is South American in origin, and in a general way, in content. Pottery was brought to the islands and there developed into artistic forms not known in the pristine home of the island of Arawak. The use of slips and paints, like the shaping of divergent forms, was taking its beginning in southeastern Santo Domingo at the time of the discovery and conquest by Columbian forces.
Contents: Geography -- Native tribes and provinces -- Nonagricultural cave dwellers -- Historical narratives and archeological field work -- Elements of form and design in Santo Domingan aboriginal pottery -- Description of type examples in the national collection -- Northern affiliations of Santo Domingan pottery -- Characterization of divergent pottery groups in Antilles -- Trinidad and South American earthenware types.