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A Method for Determining the Texture of Pottery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2017
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Most students of pottery types have met with difficulties in selecting descriptive terms which would convey the intended idea. Particularly is this true where varying degrees of differences or similarities were being discussed. Since description embraces all characters of pottery, relative terms are unavoidable. One important character of pottery, namely texture, even when description thereof has been attempted, has been inadequately described, the terms used being wholly meaningless to persons unfamiliar with the character in question, and having little value even to those more familiar with the pottery. This is because relative comparative terms have been used. A method is here submitted for standardizing the descriptive terms of texture so as to leave no doubt regarding the exact meaning of the term employed.
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