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Our 21st year!

Explore the Hidden Gem of Southwestern Colorado and the nation's NEWEST National Monument Experience the timeless legacy of ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) pottery...

Anasazi Pottery at Chimney Rock:    
ANCIENT CULTURE THROUGH POTTERY™

August 2-4, 2013 ~ Registration Now Open

This course is one in a series of unique En Pleine Aire Pottery™  (open air outdoor pottery)  workshops with Gregory Wood. It is held at breathtaking Chimney Rock National Monument a remote ancestral Pueblo Chacoan outlier ruin complex located between Durango and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. An abbreviated version of our week long classes, this informative, quick paced and fun filled introductory seminar covers replication of regional ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) Black on white pottery. Participants will hand form, burnish, yucca brush decorate and trench kiln fire on-site using only prehistoric methods*. Participants will gain an understanding of the culture and the fundamentals of craftsmanship, design and prehistoric technology that are required in creating and firing ancestral Puebloan pottery. To find out more about what we did at previous workshops visit the following links: Durango Herald, Pagosa Daily Post, Pagosa.com.

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This is so much more than a pottery making workshop. The rich archaeological heritage of this area provides an interesting laboratory within which to examine what we know about the past and gives us insights into how people lived, adapted to their surroundings, and changed through time. The workshop will culminate with an on-site group trench kiln firing, conditions permitting.** 
Instruction in English and Spanish 

All pottery tools and materials will be provided.

ED 589 College Credit: is currently not available for this course. 
Note to Teachers*
The interdisciplinary nature of this course will enable K-12 teachers to develop meaningful standards based lesson plans. Through authentic experiences and inquiry-based projects, teachers will learn to make relevant connections between art, archaeology, science, cultural content and their own classroom curriculum.

Camping is not allowed at Chimney Rock National Monument but is available at several nearby campgrounds. Motel lodging is available in nearby Pagosa Springs and Durango, Colorado. For Lodging and Camping information contact: http://www.pagosaspringschamber.com/
Enrollment: Limited to 18 participants.

What do former students say about this workshop?

Open to all skill levels. No previous pottery experience required.

Includes: Instruction, all materials, firing and group archaeological ruins tour.
Fee: $175 Must be paid in full at time of registration.

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*If using PayPal Payment Option: Upon receipt of your PayPal payment your workshop space will be held for 10 days. Please note, your registration is not complete until your signed hard copy registration form is received through U.S. mail. If not received within 10 days you may forfeit your space.


Location: Chimney Rock National Monument is located about 17 miles west of Pagosa Springs and 43 miles east of Durango, Colorado. Take U.S. 160 west from Pagosa Springs or east from Durango to Colorado Highway 151 and turn south. The entrance is 3 miles down Hwy 151 on the right. Visit www.ChimneyRockCO.org for further information on Chimney Rock Archaeological Area.

SUCCESSFUL FIRING!! 
On August 1, 2001 we conducted what was quite possibly the 
first pottery firing at Chimney Rock in over 900 Years!



View from the upper ruins at Chimney Rock Archaeological Area


Looking south toward Chaco Canyon from the upper ruins of Chimney Rock.

For further information email: info@AncientArts.Org

*Prehistoric pottery replication is not an exact science, therefore specific results cannot be guaranteed.
**If firing is cancelled due to weather, fire bans or dangers, instructor will fire and ship pieces at a later date for cost of shipping.  

 

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