James Osborne I Ancient Pottery for Beginners: Why Archaeologists Study Ceramics

Ancient Pottery for Beginners: Why Archaeologists Study Ceramics
OI Museum Collections Talk Series
Have you always wondered about what’s in collections storage at the OI Museum? Less than two percent of the over 350,000 ancient Middle Eastern artifacts in the OI Museum collections are on display. In this installation of our Collections Talk! James Osborne, Assistant Professor of Anatolian Archaeology, will discuss the three main reasons why archaeologists spend so much time working with ceramics. Learn why the potsherds found in fieldwork are actually the most important artifact class that archaeologists encounter.
Originally aired live in November 2021
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[@maxwellbowman4084]

Wow! Thank you so much!

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@davidkelsey2864]

Thank you for a great presentation

[@thomaszaccone3960]

Would like to hear more. Awesome.

[@icargill]

As per other comments; excellent material, spoiled by the sound quality.

[@BettiVB]

Great! Thank you!

[@michelf9948]

The sound is realy bad. What I have Seen was interesting. Only the sound... Apreciate the good work!

[@expatatat]

I wonder how ancient pottery was packaged for shipping when it was being exported to distant affluent cities.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Was western pottery an accidental discovery because (some of the) peoples of the time were semi subterranean? One would assume they attempted to have hearths underground, only to discover the clay would bake and harden, and one bright spark wondered what might happen if a bit of clay was baked intentionally.

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[@bamboo_craft]

Weeelll the beta group pots could have been made from imported clay... 🤔

[@TheWalter777]

could the shabu disk be an kind of tesla valve,, a valve for a pump. i think they let it go up and down in a vertical cilinder at hight of groundwater level.👍👍 they took water out of a leyline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_valve