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Talked to a field tech who changed how I look at pottery sherds
Met a guy from a dig in New Mexico last week who said most people throw away the plain pieces without thinking about what they mean for daily life... got me thinking about all the decorated stuff I've seen get way more attention than the plain cooking pots. Anyone else feel like the boring finds get ignored too much?
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dakota_king801mo agoMost Upvoted
Totally feel you on this. Ngl, those plain cooking pots tell way more about how people actually lived than the fancy decorated ones.
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sanchez.sean1mo ago
My grandmother had this beat-up pot she used for 40 years and the bottom was completely warped, but she swore it made the best stews because of it. You can't fake that kind of history with some fancy design.
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