Spencer MacCallum

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Spencer MacCallum at the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, AZ, April 8, 2006, lecturing on the origins of Mata Ortiz pottery.

Spencer McCallum, an anthropologist, discovered the pottery of the town of Mata Ortiz, Mexico, a small town located near the ancient Paquime ruins in Chihuahua state. In 1976, McCallum discovered Juan Quezada, who soon became the leader of this now-thriving pottery movement. Quickly earning acceptance as a contemporary art form, his simple pottery is accepted and admired as a legitimate folk art.

To this day, McCallum plays a key role in the events of Mata Ortiz. McCallum is the author of many articles on Mata Ortiz, as well as introduction to the book, Portraits of Clay: Potters of Mata Ortiz.

Recently (2005-6), he has been instrumental in editing and publishing the book "The Law of the Somalis" by Michael van Notten. It deals with the foundations of private law in the stateless Somali society.

[edit] His Books and Writings

• Michael van Notten, Spencer Heath MacCallum: The Law of the Somalis, Red Sea Press, 2005

• Spencer H. MacCallum: The Enterprise of Community: Market Competition, Land, and Environment

• Spencer H. MacCallum: The Quickening of Social Evolution, 2004

• Rigoberto Stewart: Limon Real: A Free and Autonomous Region, 2002

• Spencer Heath MacCallum, Jan Bell, Scott H. Ryerson, and Michael A. Williams: The Pottery and Potters of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Kiva, Volume 60, Number 1, Arizona Archeological & Historical Soc., 1994

• Spencer Heath MacCallum: The art of community, Institute for Humane Studies, 1970

[edit] External links

• Mata Ortiz Calendar, maintained by Spencer and Emalie MacCallum

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