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1 Ceramics = Pottery 1

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6 Ceramics in the Field

7 Artifacts – Ceramic Pottery
Clay deposits 10,000 years ago Artifact Most frequently found Different vessels for different purposes

8 Potsherds Sherds vs. Shards Diagnostics: sherds used for analysis
Typologies: How was it made and what was it used for? (Shapes Decorations Fabric) Chronology: When was it made? Petrography: Where did the clay come from?

9 Profiles Archaeological illustration
Front view Black line for the side wall Bisecting line Shows Inside and outside

10 What were these pots used for?

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17 Then there was Geometric Style

18 The spark of creativity

19 Achilles and Ajax Black Figure Ware Amphora 540 BCE

20 Red Figure Painted Pottery
Dionysus Holding a Kantharos. Red-figure The Berlin Painter c B.C.

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23 Sherd Count Handles Rims Collars Bases Body Decorated
Sort potsherd types Record count on the worksheet

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25 Potsherd Worksheet Handles ____ Rims _____ Collars _____
Bases Body _____ Decorated _____ DRAWING Draw a specific potsherd to scale (tracing is allowed) B # _____ (WAIT UNTIL I TELL YOU TO DO THIS) Shapes: Can you identify what shape of vessel? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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27 Amphora The amphora was a two-handled vase used for storage and transport. Krater The word krater means "mixing-bowl," and the vase was used for mixing wine with water. Kylix This drinking-cup is sometimes called the "symposium-vase," since it appears often in vase-representations of symposia Kantharos This type of drinking-cup is often seen held by Dionysus on vases. Pithoi Large Storage vessel

28 PotSherd Number B 66. IX. 16,113 Unmarked Pottery = BZ artifact #
Dig site year excavated grid #

29 How Old Are the Sherds? I = Israel (time of King Solomon) 3,000 years old IV = Greek/Persian 2,400 years old BZ = Eastern Roman Empire 1,700 years old IX = Egyptian (time of Pharaoh Tutankhamun) 3,350 years old VII = Israel 2,700 years old

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