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Women Potters of Cyprus
Sunday, 03 September 2000 22:25
Traditional women potters working on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, who coil build cooking pots, jars, jugs, ovens and other clay containers on a slow moving turntable, us a technique reminiscent of ancient pottery. The women are the last of their generation. The similarities between traditional and ancient shapes, incised decorations, materials, and wood-burning kilns, provide an ideal ethnoarchaeological study of craft specialists.
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