Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Red-Figure Pottery, Sulfite, Chalcolithic
27 Jan 2014
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We believe women were the first potters because of the size of the fingerprints found on clay since they were relatively small (they were found all over the place on pottery) In turkey thousands and thousands of pots were made every year (made by potts men and firemen) Clay was used for pots and storage vessels bricks, lamp, chimney pots, trough, moulds, and loom weights. Loom weights were like rings that had yarn wrapped around it (so the yarn was strung tight), and the string was tied to a bar above (the loom). Loom weights are good archaeological tools to find the main domestic area in an excavation site. Khnum (round headed egyptian god was the creator of all things and regarded as a potter) in. Egypt in words of prophets in the old testament in bible (book of isaiah chapter 64 verse 8)
