So, this past week was the first for our ceramic work at Isthmia for the summer of 2023. I arrived last Thursday and then Bill arrived last Sunday. This meant that we were able to get our work started on Monday, and by Wednesday Richard had arrived – our team is complete. Our goal for the first week was pretty simple and straightforward. We wanted to familiarize ourselves with the material we were focusing on this season, the Slavic Ware (seen to the left here).
So, first we found some space to set up our computers and pottery equipment (drawing items, rim gauges, Munsellator, etc.) and then identified a place where we could set up a table to sort the ceramics on, and yet be out of everyone’s way. Next, we found some space to set up our computers and pottery equipment (drawing items, rim gauges, Munsellator, etc.) and then identified a place where we could set up a table to sort the ceramics on, and yet be out of everyone’s way. Then we poked around in a few boxes and looked at pottery from various parts of the sites, and from various levels. A little slow, but I like to ease back into the pottery reading since I worry that I am going to forget everything I know about ceramics between seasons – fortunately, I had not. Then an important first step, the choosing of the music for the pottery reading. When I learned ceramic identification from Tim, he always had music on when we analyzed the pottery, so I have to have music anytime that I work with ceramics. My potato chip intern for the summer had helped me create a new pottery playlist for the summer, so I went with that and the opening song was Rock of Ages by Def Leppard – a good start in my opinion.
Ancient History Ramblings 