1. Pattern within the Culture of The Southwest of North America Pueblo Art

3. The Southwest area includes New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and South California

4. These areas are dry, desert environments

5. The first natives built their homes out of the sun- baked clay and straw - “adobe”. A collection of adobes was called a “pueblo” which is Spanish for town/village

6. A Pueblo

7. The pueblos of the Southwest are the most permanent structures of the Native Americans

8. These desert dwellers became known as the Pueblo Indians

9. The Pueblo Indians were basket weavers, blanket makers, potters as well as farmers.

10. Pueblo Pottery Designs

11. Pueblo Pots

14. Geometric and Spiral patterns