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I used to think 'pot lids' in old photos were just trash, then I saw the actual dig report from this spring
When I first started following archaeology stuff maybe 4 years ago, I'd see broken pottery in site photos and think, cool, more garbage. But last month I read a report from a dig near Athens where they found 60+ pot pieces in one trench and used the clay type to trace trade routes. Turns out the little grooves on the bottom tell you what kind of wheel was used, which points to a specific workshop and time period. I had no idea plain kitchen junk could pin down a whole economy. Anyone else get surprised by how much info comes from the boring stuff?
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king.lisa20d ago
Wait, the grooves on the bottom tell you what kind of wheel was used? That blows my mind. I always figured the bottom of a pot was just the boring part nobody cared about. So you can basically trace a single workshop just by flipping the thing over? That is wild.
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