| Pottery is very important, it is also
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| | at higher temperatures, which is
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| type of ceramic material, which the
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| | partially vitrified is called stoneware.
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| American Society for Testing and
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| | Fine earthenware with a white tin glaze
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| Materials (ASTM) has defined as "(a)ll
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| | is known as faience. Porcelain is a very
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| fired ceramic wares that contain clay
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| | refined, smooth, white body that, when
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| when formed, except technical,
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| | fired to vitrification, can have
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| structural, and refractory products." The
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| | translucent qualities
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| term pottery is also used for a technique
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| | The development of pottery was a
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| involving ceramic, where clay is mixed
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| | milestone in human history. These durable
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| with other minerals and is formed into
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| | and watertight containers enabled people
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| objects, including vessels generally
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| | to boil and steam food which allowed them
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| designed for utilitarian purposes.
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| | to exploit new sources of food such as
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| A Pottery is a facility of any size, from
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| | shellfish, acorns, and leafy vegetables.
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| a modest studio to an industrialized
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| | Soft boiled foods could be eaten by
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| factory, where pottery is made. Where
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| | toothless children and the elderly, which
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| resources are available - raw materials,
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| | permitted caregivers to spend more time
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| workers, transportation - groups of
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| | producing food. In Japan, for instance,
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| potteries may exist. Due to the large
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| | the introduction of pottery was followed
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| number of pottery factories, or
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| | by a population explosion. In the
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| colloquially 'Pot Banks', the City of
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| | archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands of
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| Stoke-on-Trent in England became known as
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| | North America the introduction of pottery
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| The Potteries; one of the first
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| | is referred to as the container
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| industrial cities of the modern era where
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| | revolution.
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| as early as 1785 200 pottery
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| | Since pottery is a durable, man-made
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| manufacturers employed 20,000 workers.
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| | artifact which was utilized by various
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| The Potters is the nickname of the local
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| | cultures around the world, it has proven
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| football club, Stoke City F.C.. The same
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| | to be a boon for archaeologists. Broken
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| name is used for sports teams in the
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| | pottery in archaeological sites, called
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| one-time "Pottery Capital of the World,"
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| | sherds or shards, help identify the
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| East Liverpool, Ohio.
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| | resident culture and date the stratum by
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| Pottery production is a process by which
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| | the formation, style and decoration. The
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| a clay body, clay mixed with other
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| | relative chronologies based on pottery
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| minerals, is shaped and allowed to dry.
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| | are essential for dating the remains of
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| The shaped clay body, or piece, ware or
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| | non-literate cultures and help in the
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| article, may be "bisque or biscuit fired"
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| | dating of some historic cultures as well.
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| in a kiln to induce permanent changes
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| | Trace element analysis, mostly by neutron
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| that result in increased mechanical
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| | activation, allows the sources of clay to
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| strength, and then fired a second time
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| | be accurately identified.
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| after adding a glaze or a piece may be
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| | While ceramics had been developed in
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| once fired by applying appropriate glaze
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| | Europe also, pottery was first developed
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| to the dry unfired body and firing in one
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| | by the Jomon in Japan around 10,500 BCE.
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| cycle.
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| | It appears that pottery was then
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| With mass production techniques having
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| | independently developed in North Africa
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| replaced the traditional role studio
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| | during the 10th millennium b.p. and in
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| potters have focused more on the
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| | South America during the 7th millennium
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| aesthetic than the utilitarian
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| | b.p.
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| Traditionally, different regions of the
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| | The invention of the potter's wheel in
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| world have used produced different types
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| | Mesopotamia sometime between 6,000 and
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| of clay, sometimes mixed with other
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| | 2,400 BCE revolutionized pottery
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| minerals, to produce regionally
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| | production. Specialized potters were then
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| distinctive pottery. It is common for
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| | able to meet the burgeoning needs of the
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| different clays and minerals to be mixed
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| | world's first cities.
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| to produce clay bodies suited to specific
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| | While artistic value of Classical Greek
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| purposes. Pottery that is fired at
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| | and Roman pottery largely consisted of
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| temperatures in the 800 to 1200
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| | the surface decoration, the pottery
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| °C range, which does not vitrify
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| | itself was an important art form in
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| in the kiln but remains slightly porous
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| | China, where efficient kilns allowed high
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| is often called earthenware or terra
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| | temperature ware to be fired with wood,
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| cotta. Clay bodies formulated to be fired
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| | long before the use of coal.
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