Infographic labeled "A handy guide to Caribbean ceramic identification- Saladoid". With descriptive writing and three hand-drawn images of colorful ceramics. Descriptive writing as follows in bullet points: Fancy af. One of the first series in the Caribbean. Beginning of the "Ceramic Age". Asterisk*. Polychrome painting, with a glossy finish. Est. 800-200 BC, in Venezuela. Spread into Puerto Rico & the Lesser Antilles. People making Saladoid pots were most similar to their mainland neighbors. Relied on a more terrestrial diet. Credit: Emily Kracht (@emweasels). Asterisk (*) at the bottom reads: Though Archaic age groups may have had pottery too!
Museum Resource 🏺 Caribbean ceramic ID
Saladoid is #FancyAF, polychrome painting with a glossy finish, est. 800-200 BC in Venezuela, spread into Puerto Rico & the Lesser Antilles.
Emily Kracht created these info cards for Ceramic Tech Lab. Check them out:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ceramiclab/b...