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Definitions of potsherds in various dictionaries:
noun - a shard of pottery
noun - a fragment of broken pottery
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Trophies won by groups of animals - they're found in people's digs |
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Nov 9 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
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These 2-syllable fragments of clay vessels found at archaeological digs help us learn about a culture |
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Plural form of potsherd. |
a broken piece of ceramic material, especially one found on an archaeological site. |
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In archaeology, a Sherd, or more precisely, potsherd, is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels, as well.Occasionally, a piece of broken pottery may be referred to as a shard. While the spelling shard is generally reserved for referring to fragments of glass vessels, the term does not exclude pottery fragments. The etymology is connected with the idea of breakage, from Old English sceard, related to Old Norse skarð, "notch", and Middle High German schart, "notch".A sherd or potsherd that has been used by having writing painted or inscribed on it can be more precisely referred to as an ostracon. * The analysis of sherds is widely used by archaeologists to date sites and develop chronologies, due to their diagnostic characteristics and high resistance to natural, destructive processes. Some characteristics of sherds useful to archaeologists include temper, form, and glaze. These characteristics can be used to determine the kinds of resources and technologies used at the site.* |