| How American Indians arrived and when they | | | | examined.Pottery was a tradition that existed in |
| arrived in the United States is a topic that has | | | | the past and it continues to exist today. Pottery |
| long been up for debate. There are conflicting | | | | making has changed with time, but many |
| reports and theories on when American Indians | | | | American Indians have continued to carry on the |
| arrived here and how they did. In any culture, | | | | tradition of making pottery in the same way that |
| people and animals pass on and belongings | | | | their ancestors did. In addition to being a |
| become ruined. This tends to make it difficult to | | | | longstanding tradition, pottery pieces have made it |
| understand and study a particular culture. A | | | | easier to understand the history of American |
| popular tradition in the history of American Indians | | | | Indians. |
| has made it easier for their history to be | | | | |