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title: Salado Culture Pottery
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10118/salado-culture-pottery/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Salado Culture Pottery

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Salado Culture Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10118.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10118.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [Salado culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/Salado_Culture/) is a term used by historians and archaeologists to describe a pre-Columbian Southwestern [culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/) that flourished from c. 1200-1450 CE in the Tonto Basin of what is now the southern parts of the present-day US states of Arizona and New Mexico. Salado [pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) demonstrates a striking combination of white, black, and red colors in geometrical shapes and lines with additional compositional characteristics. Many archaeologists conclude that among the ceramic traditions of the ancient Southwest, the Salado tradition produced the most widely traded pottery. This specimen dates from c. 1200-1450 CE and is made from clay.

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2019, February 19). Salado Culture Pottery. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10118/salado-culture-pottery/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Salado Culture Pottery." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 19, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10118/salado-culture-pottery/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Salado Culture Pottery." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Feb 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10118/salado-culture-pottery/>.

## License & Copyright

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