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Educational Resources - Activities
Use these activity and discussion sessions to explore how archaeologists study pottery.  The fact sheets and activity guides can be used singly or in combination to support practical sessions and group discussions. 

Although the images and fact sheets on these pages are copyright of the SGRP you are welcome to download and use them provided that they are to be used for educational non-profit making purposes.

Activity Sessions

Measuring pottery
Find out how archaeologists measure and quantify pottery.

Reconstructing pottery
Examine the techniques used by archaeologists to reconstruct ancient pottery.

Drawing pottery
Use this fact sheet to discover some of the basic techniques archaeologists use to draw and record pottery.

Group Discussions

Resource Network
This fact sheet will help you to explore the range of resources required for the production of pottery.
Pottery Production
A fact sheet outlining the processes involved in producing pottery vessels
Firing a Kiln
An illustrated fact sheet detailing the building and firing of a simple Romano-British type Kiln.

 

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Roman Pottery Bibliography    Membership information   Conference/Meetings   Journal of Roman Pottery Studies
Newsletter     Guidelines for the Archiving of Roman Pottery    . Romano-British Coarse Pottery: A Students Guide
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