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2. Olla - Wikipedia

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   The olla is buried in the ground, with the neck of the olla extending above the soil. The olla is filled with water, and plants such as tomatoes, melons, corn, beans, carrots, etc are planted around the olla. Or, an olla can be put near a new sapling, or bush to get it through its first year.

3. Mexican ceramics - Wikipedia

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   These jars range from one cup to five gallons in size. The lid is decorated with a representation of the spikey crown of the fruit. Most of these are also covered in Patambán's green glaze but a brown glaze version also exists. One other vessel this town makes along with Huantzio is a large-bellied water container with a small neck. These are ...

4. Longquan celadon - Wikipedia

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   The "mallet" vase was a special favourite at Longquan, often with handles formed as animals or dragons. [20] Funerary vases, made in pairs, also often feature charmingly stylized animals, usually tigers and dragons, curled around the shoulders of the vessel. These were used in southern Chinese burial custom to store provisions for the afterlife ...

5. Mycenaean pottery - Wikipedia

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   Material: Terracotta: Discovered: Greek mainland and small islands close to it, from the Peloponnesus in the south to Macedonia in the north. Secondarily, regions in the eastern and to some degree western Mediterranean not in the core region to which the pottery was either exported or at which it was manufactured from local clays.

6. Trove of 1,000-year-old vases held ‘unexpected’ and ‘elusive ...

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   The discovery of nicotine within the vases suggests “the use of tobacco in liquid form and within vessels larger than miniature flasks, or ‘tobacco houses,’ that are more usually associated ...

7. Greek terracotta figurines - Wikipedia

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   Terracotta figurines are a wide range of small figurines made throughout the time span of Ancient Greece, and one of the main types of Ancient Greek pottery. Early figures are typically religious, modelled by hand, and often found in large numbers at religious sites, left as votive offerings .