Ceramics are one of the most important sources of information for archaeologists. Yet how these objects are produced, especially in the firing stage, has received little attention to date. The ...

Scraps of pottery often litter archaeological sites. Akin to today’s ubiquitous plastic, earthenware is “the nonbiodegradable polymer of the ancient world,” says biogeochemist Richard Evershed, ...

What was the significance of pottery and beads throughout history? For many ancient cultures, these artifacts were deeply embedded in daily life — and provide invaluable insights for researchers today ...

As the inane car insurance commercials suggest, ancient humans were smarter than we give them credit for. They created some of the same words we still use today. They even brewed beer. Now evidence ...

The vessel, measuring approximately 25 centimeters tall with a distinctive pointed base and engraved patterns, has been identified as either Jinguji-style or Konami Upper-layer pottery, placing its ...

A hive of honeybees on display at the annual Vermont Farm Show in Essex Junction, Vt. (AP Photo/Andy Duback, File) (CN) — A fresh look into ancient pottery fragments has revealed the earliest known ...

In the course of the excavation process in Can Sadurní cave (Begues), archeologists found the torso, with one complete arm and the initial part of the other, of a human figurine made of pottery. It is ...

Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600-1000 CE. The pottery they left behind gives archaeologists clues as ...

A previously overlooked inky inscription on a pottery shard found in Israel calls for the delivery of more wine, according to a new study, showing that not much has changed in 2,600 years for humanity ...