Researchers analyzed thousands of artifacts like this Salado polychrome ceramic bowl to learn about social networks in the pre-Hispanic Southwest between A.D. 1200 and 1450.

They developed a new style of polychrome pottery, which villages in Mexico eventually began to copy.

Included in the impressive grouping of Native American pottery brought in were works by sought-after potter Maria Martinez.

The Salado were sophisticated farmers, growing corn, squash, beans, cotton and other crops. And they created an amazing variety of pottery, including the widely admired Gila polychrome, noted for ...

An example of delftware, this decorative plate sports polychrome blooms Delft is a type of tin-glazed earthenware pottery born in Holland. This 16th century English piece sold for $3,997 at auction.