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Pottery Pottery or ceramics are one of the most useful things found at an archeological site. People change what kind of pottery they use fairly regularly making it a good indicator of when it was used. Pottery also breaks easily, which means we find a lot of it at archeological sites. |
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| Ironstone is a common ceramic found in the second half of the ninteenth century. It was made in many different forms. | Potteries put a mark on the bottom of the pieces they make, and that mark can be used to learn a lot about the pottery. | Many other kinds of pottery were found in the excavations. This annular ware lid is just one of them. |
| Read more about Ironstone | Read about maker's marks | Read about annular ware |
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