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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | The Collections: | ||
| PotWeb: | Ceramics
online @ the Ashmolean Museum |
• | Early Europe & Near East | |
| • | Classical to Medieval | |||
| • | Europe from 1500 | |||
| • | Oriental & Islamic | |||
| The ABC of pottery in archaeology |
| What happened to the pottery between discard and discovery? | |
| The surviving fragments from controlled excavations also tell a story of what happened after the vessel was abandoned (usually broken) and before it was rediscovered. Dispersal patterns of sherds from the same vessel may reflect the routine activities of the household or the organisation of a settlement. |
Thumb crucibles, many near complete, discarded after use together in one area in central Oxford |
| How was it used, and by whom? | The ABC of ... | How old is it? |
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