Tagged: introducing-ceramics

The last part of our series is rooted in ceramics research but leads down a twisting, and surprising path. We travel from the Bronze Age to Victorian times, meeting along the way an archaeological villain, a naval tragedy, a world-beating iron bridge and a careful and underrated antiquarian. Read more

Dimple bases are basal sherds, with finger-impressed dimples on the interior surface, found on Early and Middle Iron Age sites right around the Atlantic coast. Read more

Coloured pot reconstructions. (📷 Cecily Webster) By Roy Towers One of the joys of working with ceramics within the UHI Archaeological Institute in Orkney is the opportunity to collaborate with… Read more

At Structure Twelve, sometime in the decades around c. 2300 cal BC, a potter lost his temper. Fed up with their cordons falling off, they adopted a radical solution. Read more

So, our Neolithic Grooved Ware is formed, dried, decorated and ready for the all-important firing. What comes next? Read more

The hunt is on for clues, for any evidence of change through time. If you are a historian that can come in a dusty library as you leaf through old documents. Read more

How was Neolithic pottery made, and in particular the Grooved Ware pottery from the Ness of Brodgar? Read more

By Roy Towers A large sherd of decorated Grooved Ware pottery ready to be lifted. (ORCA) Pottery is remarkable stuff. It may be broken, kicked about, scuffed and generally disrespected,… Read more