. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. ■03 holmes.] ANCIENT POTTERY. 403 As to the importance of the event recorded in this picture no conclu-sions can be drawn ; it may represent the migration of a tribe or familyor the trophies of a victory. A number of figures are wanting in thedrawing at the left, while some of those at the right may not belongproperly to the main group. The reduction is, approximately, to one-twelfth. Figures 2 and 3 of the same plate represent only the more distinctportions of two other groups. The complication of figures is so greatthat a number of hours would have been
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. ■03 holmes.] ANCIENT POTTERY. 403 As to the importance of the event recorded in this picture no conclu-sions can be drawn ; it may represent the migration of a tribe or familyor the trophies of a victory. A number of figures are wanting in thedrawing at the left, while some of those at the right may not belongproperly to the main group. The reduction is, approximately, to one-twelfth. Figures 2 and 3 of the same plate represent only the more distinctportions of two other groups. The complication of figures is so greatthat a number of hours would have been necessary for their delineation,and an attempt to analyze them here would be fruitless. POTTERY. The pottery of the ancient tribes of the San Juan Valley is undoubt-edly superior in many respects to that of the town-building tribes oftoday. It is especially superior in composition and surface-finish. Inform and ornamentation it does not compare well with the highlyartistic wares of the Moquois and Zunis. There is great similarity,h
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