pottery: Methods of Production
Methods of Production
Pottery is formed while clay is in its plastic form. Either a long piece of clay is coiled and then smoothed, or the clay is centered upon a potter's wheel (used in Egypt before 4000
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Modern Pottery
- Pottery of the Americas
- Pottery of Europe
- Pottery of Asia
- Pottery of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Early History
- Methods of Production
- Types of Pottery
- Bibliography
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