Repurposing Pottery
In earlier blog posts I’ve written about how people in the past mended broken pots, but there were lots of … Continue
More Pottery “Make-Dos”
In an earlier post, I discussed some methods used through the years to fix damaged pottery. Here are a few … Continue
Mending Pottery in the Past
I‘ve had some questions posed to me recently about how and why pottery was mended in the past, so here’s … Continue
Talk March 9 by Dr. Wesley Stoner: Social Identification and Differentiation through Ceramic Style in Formative Central Mexico
Social Identification and Differentiation through Ceramic Style in Formative Mexico March 9, 2021, 1:00 PM EST Associate Professor Wesley Stoner … Continue
New article out by CTL researchers on color identification in archaeology
New article out by CTL researchers on color identification in archaeology. Check out the press release here: Human eye beats … Continue
Talk Jan 26 by Dr. Judith Habicht-Mauche: Coalescence and the Spread of Glaze Painted Pottery in the Central Rio Grande
Coalescence and the Spread of Glaze Painted Pottery in the Central Rio Grande: The View from Tijeras Pueblo (LA 581), … Continue
Talk Dec. 4 by Dr. Patricia Crown: Routes to Becoming a Potter in the US Southwest
Routes to Becoming a Potter in the US Southwest December 4, 2020, 1:30PM EST Patricia Crown Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor … Continue
Calcium in Pottery: The good, the bad, the ugly
Calcium is abundant, which means that people in the past figured out some great ways to use it as tools, … Continue
Stump the Archaeologist
Archaeologists love the unknown. We are drawn to the challenge of using artifacts as clues to figure out how people … Continue
Clay Chronicles VIII
Trial by fire! As you may have gathered from earlier posts, I was anxious about the firing, because it is … Continue