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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1770812, member: 45"]In dating Southwest Native American pottery, 1600-1880 is the <u>Historic</u> period; 1880-1950 is the <u>Modern</u> period; 1950 to present is called <u>Contemporary</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maria was born in 1887, retired from making pottery in 1970, so her pottery spanned the Modern and Contemporary period. </p><p><br /></p><p>The dates of the different periods were set up in the 1930s, to refer to the time period when the pottery was made. Maybe it's time for some new names, since we tend to not think of the late 1800s/early 1900s as being "Modern" today. But that's the official terminology still in use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1770812, member: 45"]In dating Southwest Native American pottery, 1600-1880 is the [U]Historic[/U] period; 1880-1950 is the [U]Modern[/U] period; 1950 to present is called [U]Contemporary[/U]. Maria was born in 1887, retired from making pottery in 1970, so her pottery spanned the Modern and Contemporary period. The dates of the different periods were set up in the 1930s, to refer to the time period when the pottery was made. Maybe it's time for some new names, since we tend to not think of the late 1800s/early 1900s as being "Modern" today. But that's the official terminology still in use.[/QUOTE]
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