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Why Do Pots Break? Understand Ceramic Use Through Fractography (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip J Carstairs.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeologists are well known for their interest in pottery sherds which are probably the most common thing found on archaeological sites. Ceramics’ ubiquity, their durability, and the changes in manufacturing and decorative techniques enable us to discuss chronology, class, trade, foodways and more. But, we almost never analyse...