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 Mound — (LA 416) was a late prehistoric village on the bank of the Rio Puerco, west of Los Lunas. It was an adobe pueblo most likely occupied between A.D. 1350 and 1500. The site is best known for its 17 kivas, which yielded a large number of murals. A… … Wikipedia
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 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
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 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
Pottery — The use of pottery for storage vessels and eating utensils began during prehistoric times and continued throughout Egyptian history. Pottery is found in sites in the eastern Sahara and Sudan dating back to 9000–8000 BC. It appears in Egypt in… … Ancient Egypt
pottery — Spain has a very long tradition of ceramic crafts, producing earthenware, decorative tiles and fine porcelain, often with distinctive regional variations. Potteries were already flourishing in Castile, Aragon, Catalonia, Andalusia and… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
production line — Synonyms and related words: armory, arsenal, assemblage, assembly, assembly line, assembly plant, assembly line production, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant … Moby Thesaurus
pottery — Synonyms and related words: adobe, armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, bindery, biscuit, bisque, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, bowl, brewery, brick, brickyard, cannery, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china,… … Moby Thesaurus