Lately I've been re-categorizing thousands of archaeological items at Wikimedia Commons and that inevitably made a lot of questions pop in my mind. Some of them are in an incipient stage:
( Vitreous enamel#History - Production is thought to have come to a peak in the Claudian period and persisted for some three hundred years, though archaeological evidence for this technique is limited to some forty vessels or vessel fragments). Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
Because without glazing, the earthenware is not suitable for holding liquids, and they used Amphora for storing/transporting oil, which is a liquid. Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
Their pottery was only non-glazed (and therefore porous) earthenware - (except Rio Grande Glaze Ware)? - Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
For being dented or because they wear out after a certain number of transports (like developing a certain unpleasant smell and taste that contaminates the oil if used again). Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
Lately I've been re-categorizing thousands of archaeological items at Wikimedia Commons and that inevitably made a lot of questions pop in my mind. Some of them are in an incipient stage:
( Vitreous enamel#History - Production is thought to have come to a peak in the Claudian period and persisted for some three hundred years, though archaeological evidence for this technique is limited to some forty vessels or vessel fragments). Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
Because without glazing, the earthenware is not suitable for holding liquids, and they used Amphora for storing/transporting oil, which is a liquid. Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
Their pottery was only non-glazed (and therefore porous) earthenware - (except Rio Grande Glaze Ware)? - Started by: Fructibus ( talk)
For being dented or because they wear out after a certain number of transports (like developing a certain unpleasant smell and taste that contaminates the oil if used again). Started by: Fructibus ( talk)