User:Fructibus/Questions
Lately I've been re-categorizing thousands of archaeological items at Wikimedia Commons and that inevitably made a lot of questions pop in my mind. Some of them are in an incipient stage:
When did stoneware become widespread (in Europe, Middle East and Asia)?[edit]
How expensive were the glass vessels comparing to ceramic vessels in Ancient Rome and in the Middle Ages?[edit]
What prevented the glazed ceramic to become widespread and prevalent in the Claudian period and after?[edit]
(Vitreous enamel#History - Production is thought to have come to a peak in the Claudian period and persisted for some three hundred years, though archaeological evidence for this technique is limited to some forty vessels or vessel fragments). Started by: Fructibus (talk)
Were the Amphora used by the Romans coated in glazing?[edit]
Because without glazing, the earthenware is not suitable for holding liquids, and they used Amphora for storing/transporting oil, which is a liquid. Started by: Fructibus (talk)
Is the Rio Grande Glaze Ware (Pre-Columbian) nonporous, like any glazed ceramic?[edit]
What did the Pre-Columbian Americans use for storing liquids?[edit]
Their pottery was only non-glazed (and therefore porous) earthenware - (except Rio Grande Glaze Ware)? - Started by: Fructibus (talk)
How quickly is the water leaving an unglazed earthenware vessel anyways?[edit]
Why did the Ancient Romans throw Amphora at Monte Testaccio?[edit]
For being dented or because they wear out after a certain number of transports (like developing a certain unpleasant smell and taste that contaminates the oil if used again). Started by: Fructibus (talk)