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Showing 1 to 20 of 234 for “"pottery"”.
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Pottery and emporia : imported pottery in Middle Saxon England with particular reference to Ipswich.
… 650- 850), using, as a case study, the imported pottery excavated in Ipswich over the past 20 years. Richard Hodges' study of the imported pottery from Hamwic was taken as the starting point, although his work deals almost exclusively with pottery from France. Much more of the Ipswich material …
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Bantu pottery of Southern Africa
… at about the beginning of the Christian era. Pottery of a type belonging to the earliest Iron Age traditions, and found north of the Zambezi (Clark 1959), has been found at Zimbabwe where it has, been dated 330 A.D. by radio carbon tests (Robinson 1961b). Contact with different people and new …
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Pottery Ovenware As An Art Form
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A Study of Majolica Pottery Decoration
… original variations of these techniques on pottery made by the candidate.
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Containing Meaning: Miniature Pottery on Bronze Age Crete
… miniature wall paintings, and models, miniature pottery appears to be one facet of a larger semiotic ideology – one well-versed in the language and power of the miniature. This thesis investigates the use, significance, and meaning of miniature ceramic vessels in settlements on Minoan Crete. By …
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Evolving Creative Thrown Pottery Vessels from Basic Forms
… elements of the silhouette, many different pottery forms can be evolved. By employing this approach, the potter can completely explore his theories of design and find the better proportion and placement of all elements of his forms.
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The Persian Period Pottery of Tall Al-'Umayri
… Tall al- ‘Umayri. This dissertation determines a pottery typology of the Persian period by distinguishing between the Iron II/Persian period and the Persian period of Tall al- ‘Umayri.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The ceramic evidence dating to the Persian period from the site of Tall al-‘Umayri was …
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The Emics of Pottery Design From Quinua, Peru
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An analysis of the production and manufacture of the modified clay pot at the Oriang Women's Pottery Group, the Amilo-Rangwe Pottery Group, and the Kinda E Teko Pottery Group in Nyanza Province, Kenya
… clay pot, a hybrid of traditional Kenyan pottery and safe water storage principles. The modified clay pot exhibits a flat base for stability, a narrow neck to prevent access and thus reducing the chances of contamination, a standardized size in order to be compatible with chlorine dosing …
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Technical choice in pottery production : a west Mexican example
This thesis identifies the pottery engineering techniques of ancient Mexican potters from the site of La Queseria in the Balsas depression of Guerrero. I used data from petrography, geologic maps, clays from the area, x-ray diffraction and mechanical testing to determine whether these potters were …
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Archaeomagnetic dating of bronze age pottery from Tell Mozan, Syria
… the accuracy of archaeomagnetic dating using pottery samples from six successive occupational phases. Samples underwent a suite of magnetic mineral characterization tests and archaeointensity measurements using the Thellier-style absolute paleointensity technique of Tauxe and Staudigel (2004). …
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Paper, Pottery and Prosperity: Handicrafts and Rural Development in Thailand
… Kung, where handicraft production is based on pottery making. Through an empirical study of these two villages, Baan Ton Pao and Baan Muang Kung, this thesis shows that handicrafts have significant potential for promoting rural industrialisation and supporting rural development, especially …
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The Origins and Development of the Verwood-Type Pottery Industry
… have attempted to develop an understanding of pottery production along the east Dorset and west Hampshire border; these studies have predominantly focused on manufacture of post-medieval date. Despite this, little has been achieved in determining any medieval origins, or the organisation of …
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Indigenous pottery from Sonora, Mexico: examining typologies and spatial distribution
… of prehistoric and protohistoric Sonoran pottery is necessary to establish a methodological consensus for classifications and typologies. On a broader level, prehistoric Sonora rests at the center of two long-standing debates: (1) the relationship between nascent pottery production, …
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The construction and use of categories of Neolithic pottery from Wales
The thesis examines the Neolithic pottery from Wales and attempts to write a history of practices concerned with its construction and use. This work is undertaken from the standpoint that contingency, that is the constraints and possibilities of the history of objects, has a major role in their …
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