sherds
Broken ceramic bits
Sherds is the plural of sherd, a fragment of broken pottery or ceramic.
The word is largely interchangeable with shards, though sherds appears more often in archaeological contexts: The dig yielded thousands of sherds from Roman-era vessels.
Potsherds specifically are pieces of broken earthenware.
Moldable earth for ceramics
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- glazeThin lustrous coating
firing · kiln · slip · terracotta · amphora · vessel · rim · base
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
midden · context · layer · settlement · trowel · ancient · prehistoric · ceramics
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
glaze · firing · kiln · slip · terracotta · amphora · vessel · rim · base · handle
excavation
Act of unearthing
stratigraphy · midden · context · layer · settlement · trowel · ancient · prehistoric · ceramics · culture
shattered
Broken into fragments
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
smashed · fragment · piece · chip · sliver · splinter · remnant · bits · scraps · debris
- artifactsknives, masks, pottery, antiquity, inscriptions
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
- ancient potteryamphora, amphorae, earthenware, Greek pottery, Greek vase
- archaeological findsarrowheads, coins, tools, figurines, jewelry
- pottery fragments