pottery fragments
Broken vessel remnants
Pottery fragments are broken pieces of ceramic vessels, typically found at archaeological sites.
Archaeologists call them sherds or shards.
Because pottery styles changed over time and varied by culture, these fragments help date excavation layers and identify who lived there.
The dig yielded thousands of pottery fragments from the Bronze Age.
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- fired clayHeat-hardened earthen material
- potVessel for cooking
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