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• POTTERY — appears for the first time in the Neolithic period, around the middle of the sixth millennium B.C.E. For two reasons, it serves as a major tool for the archaeological study of the material culture of ancient man: first because of its extensive… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• pottery —    Pottery (or ceramic) objects, both intact and broken, make up a large portion of the moundlike debris piles, or tells, found all over Mesopotamia. Indeed, vessels, figurines, and other artifacts of baked clay were the most common products… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …   Universalium

• pottery */ — UK [ˈpɒtərɪ] / US [ˈpɑtərɪ] noun Word forms pottery : singular pottery plural potteries [uncountable] objects such as plates and cups that are made out of clay and baked in an oven so that they become hard hand painted pottery a) [uncountable]… …   English dictionary

• pottery — pot|ter|y [ patəri ] noun * uncount objects such as plates and cups that are made out of clay and baked in an oven so that they become hard: hand painted pottery a. uncount the activity of making pottery: a pottery class b. count a factory where… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Pottery — Pot and Pots redirect here. For Pot, see Pot (disambiguation). For POTS, see POTS (disambiguation). Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum …   Wikipedia

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• Pottery of ancient Greece — Bilingual amphora by the Andokides Painter, ca. 520 BC (Munich) As the result of its relative durability, pottery is a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because there is so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded… …   Wikipedia

• Palestinian pottery — refers to pottery produced in Palestine throughout the ages, and pottery produced by modern day Palestinians. HistoryContinuity through the agesModern Palestinian pots, bowls, jugs and cups, particularly those produced prior to the establishment… …   Wikipedia

• Iranian pottery — Pottery vessel, fourth millennium B.C. The Sialk collection of Tehran s National Museum of Iran …   Wikipedia

• North Dakota pottery — North Dakota potteries Common name Production years UND 1910 to present Dickota 1934 to 1937 Turtle Mountain 1936 to c.1942 WPA 1936 to 1942 Rosemeade 1940 to 1961 Messer 1952 to 1956 …   Wikipedia