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Web Sites in Category Ceramics

Amphora Types According to Dressel - Table for dating Roman type amphoras. Originally from Heinrich Dressel: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, band XV, Berlin 1899.

Anglo Saxon and Viking Pottery - Detailed history of pottery making techniques in Britain from Regia Anglorum.

Archaeological Ceramic Building Materials Group - Forum for the analysis of brick and tile from archaeological sites.

Ceramic Petrology - An introduction to the techniques of clay sourcing for ceramic analysis.

Ceramics Paulus Florizoone - Belgium company specializing in conservation and restoration of earthenware from pre-historic, Roman, medieval and post-medieval sites and producing replicas of archaeological finds.

Cleeve Abbey Floor Tiles - Report by Alan Vince on the petrology and ICPS analysis of medieval floor tiles from Cleeve Abbey, Somerset.

Gather Around This Pot - Civilization Canada presentation on the diversity and richness of Native ceramic making traditions in Canada. Includes pottery making techniques and conservation of ceramics.

Glossary of Ceramic Attributes - University of Connecticut glossary for archaeological ceramic analysis. Includes technological attributes, morphology, surface treatments and stylistic attributes.

Jamestown Ceramic Research Group - Group formed to identify and define all the ceramic ware types that appear on or near the pre-1650 Jamestown archaeology site in Virginia. Includes ceramic types from Germany, China, England, Italy, France, and Spain.

Later Prehistoric Pottery Collections Register - Gazetteer collection derived from a survey carried out by Southampton Archaeology for English Heritage on behalf of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group. Features project description, collections outline and database.

Medieval Pottery - Introduction to Post-Roman pottery with a photo gallery of examples.

Potsherd - Online atlas of Roman pottery, listing the wares by class or source, from Paul Tyers, author of Roman Pottery in Britain.

PotWeb - The Ashmolean Museum aims to create an online catalogue of its ceramic collections. Sample images by period. Guide to pottery-making and pottery in archaeology; information on the collectors; bibliography.

Pueblo Pottery - An online exhibit from the Internet Public Library on the pottery of the Pueblo Indians of Southwestern US. History, pueblo life and pottery styles, bibliography, gallery and glossary.

Saint Mary's Archaeology Lab Ceramics Database - This project is meant to be an aid to help with identification of ceramics found on historic period archaeological sites in Nova Scotia.

The Amphoras Project - Searchable bibliography and primary source material on these ceramic storage containers of the ancient Mediterranean. Also searchable database of descriptions and date stamps.

The Laboratory for Ceramic Research - The aim of the technological analyses is to establish choice of raw materials, manufacturing techniques and vessel functions. Lund University

Tile Resources - History and examples of ceramic tiles. Indexed by style, designer, subject, technique, factory, and use.

Underwater Ceramic - Descriptions and examples of ceramics from underwater archaeology sites around Thailand. Includes ceramics of Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese origin as well as those of unknown origin.

Virtual Catalogue of Windsor Tradition Ceramics - Descriptions and examples of Native American ceramics from New England. Includes Vinette I, Linear and Rocker Dentate, Windsor Cord Marked, Windsor Brushed, Sebonac Stamped, Hollister Stamped, and Selden Island typologies.

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Arts > Crafts > Pottery > Reference > History
Recreation > Antiques > Ceramics and Pottery

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