Maya pottery

                                                               


Maya Pottery is characterized by the color and the details on. Also, the different techniques used in the pottery are easy to identify from which part of the region and the time of period were made. While Mayas were evolving techniques to have a better live and a stronger civilization; their pottery structure and shape were evolving too. During the Mayan Civilization period, two regions were the most outstanding at that time; the highlands and lowlands. From each region, the pottery had its own characteristics and techniques for making pottery. Also, in the pottery has depicted the different ritual, characteristics of important rules, and social events. Pottery had different characteristics from period to period; each period is easy to identify by the shape and the amount of colors used. For example, the preclassic period vessels or any type of pottery did not have any type of color. They just have a big hole in the middle or gourds shape for carrying liquids and foodstuff. However, during the late preclassic period, the pottery started having legs underneath to hold up and the use of cream-red color was predominant.