Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
12 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Where was the earliest utilitarian pottery created? When?
|
Japan, about 12500 years ago.
|
|
|
What type of people made the first pottery?
|
Complex foragers.
|
|
|
Where do we finds the origins of ceramic technology?
|
Dolne Vestonice in the Czech Republic.
|
|
|
What was found at Dolne Vestonice?
|
Fragments of figurines (rhino, cat, Venus).
|
|
|
When does Dolne Vestonice date to?
|
26000 years ago.
|
|
|
How did archaeologists find out what the ceramics were made of?
|
They used an electron beam microprobe.
|
|
|
How does the electron beam microprobe work?
|
It bombards a sample with x-ray electrons, giving the chemical composition.
|
|
|
What were the ceramics made of and why is this pertinent?
|
They were made of loess, which does not readily shrink or expand with temperature variations. They concluded that fragmentation was not due to weather changes.
|
|
|
When they looked at porosity, what did the archaeologists find?
|
The material was tightly compacted, which suggests hand molding.
|
|
|
What did microscopy reveal?
|
Fingerprints and scrape marks,
|
|
|
What turned out to be the cause of the fractures?
|
Thermal shock. It was an intentional process.
|
|
|
How did archaeologists confirm their hypothesis?
|
They simulated a weather experiment, did a trampling study, and did a thermal shock study.
|
