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Clay pipe dating is the act of dating clay tobacco pipes found at archaeological sites to specific time periods. Pipe bowl found in Kent, southeast England. The circular hole through the tube is slightly off-centre and measures 3.36mm in diameter, and would suggest a rough date of c.1610 AD. Clay pipes are a useful archaeological dating tool ...
Mississippian culture pottery. Mississippian culture pottery is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell- tempering agents in the clay paste. [1]
Beveled rim bowls are generally uniform in size standing roughly 10 cm (4 in) tall with the mouth of the bowl being approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter. The sides of the bowls have a straight steep angle down to a very defined base usually 9 cm (3.5 in) in diameter. The bowls are made of low fired clay and have relatively thick walls ...
Potters at work at the crafts section of the Feria de Texcoco. Mixing of cat-tail fluff, used as temper, into clay in Morelos. Ceramics is the most practiced craft in Mexico. Shapes and function of the pieces vary from simple flat comals, used for making tortillas to elaborate sculptures called Trees of Life. [19]
October 3, 2017 at 3:44 PM. A bowl made around 900 years ago has just fetched $38 million at auction, setting a new record for Chinese porcelain. The antique Chinese bowl was made around 900 years ...
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The earliest pots in Britain appear in the south-east, shortly before 4000 BC. [1] The earliest style of pottery is known as Carinated Bowl; these pots usually have distinct carinations (sharply turned shoulders) and burnished finishes. [2] Carinated Bowls (CB) are not decorated, except for a few instances of grooves created by fingertips ...
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