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Ceramics and Pottery
Ceramics and pottery encompass the art, craft, and technology of shaping clay and inorganic non-metallic minerals into objects that are permanently hardened through high-temperature firing.
Overview
The firing process induces irreversible mineralogical transformations, primarily sintering and vitrification, which convert malleable clay bodies into rigid microstructures. Regulating clay mineral composition, peak temperature, kiln atmosphere, and glaze chemistry determines physical properties such as porosity, mechanical durability, and surface vitrification across earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain.
Why it matters
Ceramic traditions have preserved technological, cultural, and trade records across human history through durable material culture. Typological, stylistic, and compositional analyses of ceramic artifacts inform archaeological dating, provenance studies, and the documentation of craft technologies.
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