Ceramic lifestyles

Question 1

Ceramic lifestyles

Answer 1

Procurement, clay preparation, fashioning, decorating, firing

Question 2

Ceramic production techniques

Answer 2

Coiling, Molding, Throwing a wheel

Question 4

Coiling is the _____ forming technique

Answer 4

Primary

Question 5

Coiling involves what actions

Answer 5

rolling out the clay into a long thin sausage like for that is round

Question 6

Decoration

Answer 6

Slip, Paint, Glaze, Cutting, Brushing/polishing

Question 7

Firing strategies

Answer 7

Pit firing, bonfire, kiln

Question 8

Ceramic analysis

Answer 8

Stylistic attributes (decoration), form attributes (geometric shape), technological attributes (composition, manufacturing, techniques, use/function)

Question 9

Ceramic composition

Answer 9

Clay, minerals, trace elements

Question 10

Ceramics analysis of fabric/paste mix

Answer 10

Petrography, xeroradiography, chemical analysis

Question 11

Petrography

Answer 11

structure, mineral composition (temper and soil used) can tell us what place provided them their clay

Question 12

temper

Answer 12

material added to clay to provide strength and improve the firing process - allowing you to shape it more easily

Question 13

ceramics use two methods

Answer 13

thin sectioning and thick sectioning

Question 14

thin sectioning

Answer 14

inside the fabric of ceramic

Question 15

thick sectioning

Answer 15

more details, smaller aspects

Question 16

difference is from the scale

Answer 16

Xeroradiography and chemical composition

Question 17

xeroradiography

Answer 17

used to study fingerprints - can tell us many things (sex, left or right handed) tries to understand if the potter was men or women

Question 18

Trends in ceramic productions

Answer 18

Composition, production, rate of production, form variation, decoration

Question 19

composition

Answer 19

coarse of fine material
coarse has thick walls to store material - used for cooking
when you have guests you use the fine ceramics you have - for serving food or display

Question 20

production

Answer 20

well fired
hand made/wheel made

Question 21

rate of production

Answer 21

local - just household use
mass production - industrial workshop, producing different shapes or potteries

Question 22

Form variation

Answer 22

different groups have different forms and different intentions and functions

Question 23

decoration

Answer 23

getting bigger and better through time

Question 24

ceramic quantifications

Answer 24

weight
total number of fragments
number of intact containers or estimate vessel equivalents (EVE)
The number of rims with the consideration of their proportion from the entire circle of the rim of a complete vessel (rim-EVE)

Question 25

Rim provides us

Answer 25

the entire shape of the vessel