Jim,

The Chumash are still alive and well in their native territory, speak their
native tongue, and were decimated by Spanish colonialism and disease. They do
not speak Greek, but then I think you were referring to how advanced and
different they were from other people. More to the point, they did not have a native
pottery-making tradition. They had a wonderful soapstone quarrying, shaping,
and trading system and they made fantastic shell necklaces and incredible wood
plank canoes. Any pottery produced at Mission San Buenaventura either came
from Spaniards with pottery-making skills, people playing with clay, or native
pottery-makers from outside the area.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.