Other theories of origin are compatible with the formulaic theory: Beowulf may contain a design for terror, and The Iliad may have a vast hysteron-proteron pattern answering to a ceramic pattern produced during the Geometric Period in pottery.

Glazed pottery produced in this area's kilns, dated from around the 14th-15th century AD

Additionally, Teotihuacan produced a thin orange pottery style that spread through Mesoamerica.

Coastal cultures such as the Moche and Nazca flourished from about 100 BC to about AD 700: the Moche produced impressive metalwork, as well as some of the finest pottery seen in the ancient world, while the Nazca are known for their textiles and the enigmatic Nazca lines.

Combined with other evidence, the study of pottery artefacts is helpful in the development of theories on the organisation, economic condition and the cultural development of the societies that produced or acquired pottery.

Numerous archaeological sites on the island have produced specimens of the Arawaks ' well-developed pottery.

He shows that Mesopotamian pottery in Samaritan territory cluster around the lands of Menasheh and that the type of pottery found was produced around 689 BCE.

Besides the pottery glazes, uranium tile glazes accounted for the bulk of the use, including common bathroom and kitchen tiles which can be produced in green, yellow, mauve, black, blue, red and other colors.

They produced silk and pottery ( chiefly the Yangshao and the Lungshan cultures ), wore hemp clothing, and domesticated pigs and dogs.

Around 5000 BC, a sophisticated civilization already existed and produced some of the first pottery and jewelry in the world.

In the 5th and 4th centuries BC, the Greek settlement at Taras produced a distinctive style of pottery ( Apulian vase painting ).

Third, between 5500-4500 BC pottery from clay, rather than plaster, began to be produced.

In the later phase of the late Bronze Age ( LCIIIA, 1200-1100 BC ) great amounts of ' Mycenean ' IIIC: 1b pottery were produced locally.

Additionally, Teotihuacan produced a thin orange pottery style that spread through Mesoamerica.

Much of the finer work was produced in Delft, but simple everyday tin-glazed pottery was made in places such as Gouda, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dordrecht.

Moody ; all the architectural details are produced in moulded and coloured pottery.

Archeologists report that pieces of pottery unearthed from the mounds were not only skillfully produced, but beautifully decorated ; revealing an artistic flair and skill much improved compared to the Bluff Dwellers.

The Pre-Columbian Huastecs constructed temples on step-pyramids, carved independently-standing sculptures, and produced elaborately painted pottery.

In the past, articles produced here included pottery, bricks, sewer pipe, glass, flour, twine, lead kegs, refrigerators, bath tubs, wall paper, steel castings, nails, rivets, wire, etc.

For many decades, a leading source of income for the Wyandot of Quebec has been selling pottery and other locally produced crafts.

Early in the Iron Age, most of the pottery found at Maiden Castle was produced locally – within about – however later on sources further afield became more important, and by the Late Iron Age 95 % of the pottery came from the area around Poole Harbour over away.

The same pattern or trace in the archaeological record, for example a pottery distribution or network of urban centres, could be produced by a wide range of different simulated processes.

His money was tied up in a Nassau hotel, an Ohio pottery works, and a detergent for window-washing, and luck had been running against him.

The dominant pottery of the century was Geometric ; ;

In general, pottery was used for cooking or storage in the region was unpainted gray, either smooth or textured.

All that was left were some broken alabaster vases, pottery and charcoal.

When this discovery was followed up in 1870, on the neighbouring Santorin ( Thera ), by representatives of the French School at Athens, much pottery of a class now known immediately to precede the typical late Aegean ware, and many stone and metal objects, were found.

This historical founding was traditionally dated to 654 BC, which is unverified, although evidence in 7th century BC Greek pottery tends to support it.

For instance: the pottery shop was discontinued when the school moved from Weimar to Dessau, even though it had been an important revenue source ; when Mies van der Rohe took over the school in 1930, he transformed it into a private school, and would not allow any supporters of Hannes Meyer to attend it.

Yet there is now little doubt that the hollow-walled broch tower was purely an invention from what is now Scotland, or that even the kinds of pottery found inside them that most resembled south British styles were local hybrid forms.

When the latter was excavated in 1884, grave goods were found that gave their name to Unstan ware pottery.

The Indus Civilization was the earliest center of ceramics, and thus the pottery of Cholistan has a long history.

A painted terracotta centaur was found in the " Hero's tomb " at Lefkandi, and by the Geometric period, centaurs figure among the first representational figures painted on Greek pottery.

A typical progress trap was that cities were often built in a forested area, which would provide wood for some industry ( for example, construction, shipbuilding, pottery ).

Cooking proper, as opposed to roasting, requires the boiling of water or oil in a receptacle, and was practised at least since the 10th millennium BC with the introduction of pottery.

The Belgic invasion was on a much larger scale than the Parisian settlement, however the continuity of pottery style demonstrates clearly that the native population basically remained in place under new rulers.

Local pottery rarely attained the standards of the Gaulish industries although the Castor ware of the Nene Valley was able to withstand comparison with the imports.

Most native pottery was unsophisticated however and intended only for local markets.

Early pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals.

The new town also included shops, schools, mills, a granary, a hotel, library, distilleries, breweries, a brick kiln, pottery ovens, barn, stables, storehouses, and two churches, one of which was brick.

The steam engine was used to pump water from coal mines ; to lift trucks of coal to the surface ; to blow air into the furnaces for the making of iron ; to grind clay for pottery ; and to power new factories of all kinds.

Alexander the Great realized that the cynic Diogenes was happier than himself while living in his pottery home, since Alexander ’ s anxieties and dangers matched his ambitions, while Diogenes was content with what he had and could easily replace.

Josiah Wedgwood ( 12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795 ) was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialisation of the manufacture of pottery.

Wedgwood was keenly interested in the scientific advances of his day and it was this interest that underpinned his adoption of its approach and methods to revolutionize the quality of his pottery.