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Maria Martinez was an American potter born in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, who revived and refined the blackware ceramic tradition of her community. Working in hand-coiled clay without a wheel, she developed a distinctive polished black-on-black technique that became synonymous with Pueblo pottery of the twentieth century. Her vessels, characterized by matte and burnished surfaces and subtle geometric forms, established a new standard for indigenous ceramic practice and influenced generations of potters across the Southwest.