Talk:Casas Grandes

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[edit] Revision needed

The article is annotated as containing text from the 1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is quite out of date. A great many things have changed. I edited the article to correct the spelling of Juárez and to note that the trains no longer run; only after that did I realize the entry was an old encyclopaedia article.

I think the 1911 text ought to be restored to its original condition and retained as a history section of a new Casas Grandes article.

I reside in CG myself but I do not have sufficient knowledge of the place to write a new article.

Jm546 18:00:47, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

I have removed my change about the trains, leaving only the spelling correction on Juárez. This gets us back to the 1911 version, which should be preserved as one section of a new article.

Jm546 18:05:49, 2005-09-07 (UTC)

[edit] Removed text

I've removed the following para, concerning some contemporary local artist:

Mexican artist Juan Quezada, a resident of the nearby town of Mata Ortiz, has been credited with the modern revival of Casas Grandes ceramics. Largely self taught, although his mother's relatives were traditional potters, Quezada's work shows continuity from the pre-Columbian art tradition rather than from European techniques. His work incorporates elements from the work of the Raramuri people as well as the peoples of the Casas Grandes Valley.

It doesn't really seem that relevant or significant to an article on this pre-Columbian site.--cjllw ʘ TALK 06:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

perhaps a link to Mata Ortiz wouldn't hurt? WBardwin 06:29, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi there WBardwin. Sure, would have no problem with that- though I see there's already a link to Mata Ortiz in the 'See also' section. Perhaps, as long as this modern 'revival' is more than a reproductions industry for the tourist trade (which seems to be the case), the link could be briefly annotated to indicate it contains more info on a modern, though historically-inspired, pottery tradition.

ps. Given that the Mata Ortiz article is not actually about the village, but is only concerned with Sr. Quezada's pottery, I'd say it would be better and more descriptive to rename that article to something like Mata Ortiz pottery, if that's what this modern tradition is collectively known as...?--cjllw ʘ TALK 23:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)