Shakshat Virtual Lab

Pottery-Virtual Reconstruction of Shapes

1) How old is ceramics history in old and new world respectively?

12,000 years ago in the Old World and about 5,000 years ago in the New World

10,000 years ago in the Old World and about 7,000 years ago in the New World

8,000 years ago in the Old World and about 5,000 years ago in the New World

11,000 years ago in the Old World and about 4,000 years ago in the New World

2) Can we examine the question of social inequality by analyzing pottery ?

Yes

3) What is Estimated Vessel Equivalents ?

number of pieces identified as the same

total weight of pieces identified as the same

measuring the percentage of surviving pot rim from individual vessels

the broken sherds

4) What is sherd count?

recording the number of pieces identified as the same

recording the total weight of pieces

recording the total weight of pieces identified as the same

measuring the percentage of surviving pot rim

5) Why do we compare prehistoric ceramics with regional ceramic sequences?

for metric attributes

to place the assemblage into chronological and cultural context

identification of vessel form, function, and design

identification of manufacturing techniques

6) The analysis of__________ ceramics allows archaeologists to construct cultural sequences.

prehistoric ceremics

proto historic ceremics

early history

historical period

7) What is main reason to Collect & Study pottery?

it was easily broken, does not decay

could not be recycled

often the most abundant type of artifact

all of them

8) What do you understand by experimental studies?

studies consist of controlled experiments used in manufacturing processes by refitting

studies consist of controlled experiments used to replicate prehistoric ceramic manufacturing processes

studies consist of uncontrolled experiments used to replicate posthistoric ceramic manufacturing processes

both a and b

9) What make ceramic assemblage one of the most resources from archaeological site

The combination of abundance

Near indestructibility and almost unique plasticity

it was not easily broken, does decay

a and b

10) A fabric series provides examples of pots made in different places

True

False

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI