Ancient Pottery……The Ness of Brodgar…..’Fraiku’……
by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 01 October 2024
Ancient Pottery……
I posted this in m’blog, then Fiona Grahame posted it in ‘The Orkney News’….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/09/02/pre-history-in-the-stromness-museum/
Then…Fiona did her own piece specifically about the Urn…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/09/05/charles-clouston-and-the-upper-lyking-urn/
…in which she quotes from the original description…
“The surface of the urn is dark, not unliked burnt cork, and seems to be rude earthen-ware, into the composition of which, bits of stone enter liberally.“
This reminded me of Andrew Appleby’s experiments with replicating ancient methods and materials used for producing pottery…..
https://skarabooks.com/prehistoric-pottery/
If you go to the website, there’s lots of information if you click on the ‘Prehistoric Pottery’ heading.
Putting together this piece was prompted by someone on the ‘Stone Botherers’ site expressing an interest in replicating ancient pottery…
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2003881253140331/
That’s how the weave of life works!
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The Ness of Brodgar…
Sigurd Towrie presents a very clear piece about why the dig at The Ness needed to be closed and the site back-filled….
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/backfilling-trp/
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Fraiku: Why I Left Before Completing my Soliloquy
At my ex-Juliet's balcony
Her silhouette cast on curtains
Another shadow melds into hers
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