Whenever I make replica Roman amphorae or any ancient pot, I'm aware that the marks that I make in the clay ciuld potentially last for a few thousand years. It's one of the things I love about handling ancient pots, is feeling the hand impressions of my predecessors. #AncientBlueSky 🏺⚱️ #Archaeology
"The amphora of the ancient world, Roman, Greek, Minoan were vessels which carried the produce of the ancient world in ships from one port to another around the ancient Mediterranean and beyond. They were made in their millions, being built up in sections by teams of workers in the same way that you see me doing here, turning the amphora over into a chuck, adding clay and finishing off the base of the amphora. My finger marks will remain in this clay forever and it's one of my favourite things to actually find the fingerprints of ancient potters in the sherds of pottery that I get to see on excavation sites and in museums around Britain. If you'd like to know lots more about ancient pottery making techniques, there's lots more on our YouTube channel and don't forget to subscribe while you're there. Also find us at potterdhistory.co.uk. That's potterd hyphen history dot co dot uk."
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Whenever I make replica Roman amphorae or any ancient pot, I'm aware that the marks that I make in the clay ciuld potentially last for a few thousand years. It's one of the things I love about handling ancient pots, is feeling the hand impressions of my predecessors. #AncientBlueSky 🏺⚱️ #Archaeology
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