Fragment of large Puebloan water jar or olla, Utah, USA – approximately AD 1150 – 1300. The jar was made by coiling long pieces of clay and pressing them together. The indents you see are actually finger impressions and you can often see actual fingerprints if the piece is not too weathered.

’Where else would Desert People want to be?

This is no place for anyone who wants soft hills and meadows and everything
green…
green…
green…

This is for hawks that like only the loneliest canyons
and lizards that run in the hottest sand
and coyotes that choose the rockiest trails.

It’s for them.

And for birds that nest in cactus and sing out over a thousand storms because they’re where they want to be.

— Byrd Baylor, The Desert is Theirs