Ancient Origins
This prehistoric Japanese culture is known for some of the earliest cord-marked pottery?
What is Jomon?
This primary protein in animal skin is preserved during tanning to make leather?
What is colagen?
This spinning device allows potters to create symmetrical vessels.
What is a pottery wheel?
These clay vessels were used in ancient Greece to store wine and oil?
What are amhorae?
This ancient civilization is famous for developing fine porcelain kept secret for centuries
What is China?
This region is credited with the invention of the pottery wheel around 3500 BCE?
What is Mesopotmia?
This process turns clay into a had durable material through high heat?
What is firing?
This leatherworking technique involves stamping or carving designs into damp hide.
What is tooling?
This leather item was essential for roman soldiers' armor and protection?
What are leather cuirasses/ armor?
This trade route helped spread ceramics and leather goods across continents.
What is the silk road?
This ancient civilization used both papyrus and early leather-based writing materials?
What is Ancient Egypt?
These plant compounds are used in traditional tanning methods?
What are tannins?
This hand-building pottery method uses rolled coils stacked and smoothed?
What is coil building?
In Medieval Europe, this leather item was used to carry books on belts?
What is a satchel?
This Italian city became famous for high quality leather craftsmanship.
What is florence?
This is Neolithic site in modern Turkey shows early ceramic use and settled life?
What is Catalhoyuk?
This term describes clay that has been fired to the point of becoming glass-like and non-porous?
What is vitrification?
This leather treatment method uses chromium salts and revolutionized mass production.
What is chrome tanning?
This ceramic item was commonly used in ancient households for cooking over fire.
What is a clay pot?
This Japanese pottery style is known for embracing imperfection and simplicity.
What is wabi sabi pottery? (Kintsugi)
These early humans created some of the first known fired clay figurines like the venus of Dolni Vestonice?
Who are Paleolithic humans?
This specific type of clay body, fired at high temperatures, produce porcelain?
What is Kaolin?
This finishing method applies a glass-like coating to ceramics before firing.
What is glazing?
This type of document, often made from treated animal skin, preserved religious texts for centuries?
What is parchment?
This term refers to broken pottery fragments used by archaeologists to date sites?
What are sherds