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Potters sold their goods throughout the Mediterranean.

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Patera- "a flat dish used for pouring libations of liquid to the gods."(Gill)

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Pelike- a vase that store wine and oil.

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Loutrophoroi- a skinny, tall jar/vase for weddings and funerals.

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Stamnos- a jar with a lid used for storing liquid.

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Gill, N.S. “Periods of Ancient Greek Pottery & Types of Vases.” ThoughtCo, 2019, www.thoughtco.com/pottery-types-in-ancient-greece-118674.

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Pottery was used everyday

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The clay that they used to create pottery was easily found throughout Greece.

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Made on the 'potters wheel' and by sections that were horizontal. -the foot, lower body, upper body, the neck, and handles if needed.

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Sections were put together by slip(wet clay)

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The sections were put back on the wheel to smooth out the sections that have been joined together and to form the final shape.

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All vases were unique and different

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The pot was then decorated with imprints and paint.

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Finally, the pot was put in a kiln at 960 Celsius. This temperature was reasonably low, so the pots were quite soft.

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Pottery was decorated with paints. The commonly used black paint was made from a mixture of 'alkali potash or soda, clay with silicon content, and black ferrous oxide of iron.'

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They usually worked in collective workshops with one 'master' potter.

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Cartwright, Mark. “Ancient Greek Pottery.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 20 Nov. 2020, www.ancient.eu/Greek_Pottery/. 

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The ways Greeks decorated their pottery was separated into four groups: Proto-geometric, Geometric, Black-figure, and Red-figure Pottery.

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Proto-Geometric: Typically decorated with circles, swirls, and brush strokes
Geometric: Focused on Rectangular shapes
Black-Figure: Painted blacked out figures, while with purplish red clothes to represent women
Red-Figure: Painted red figures with a black background. Had more detailed pictures. Favorited style of Greece

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"...not only has Greek pottery given us some of the most distinctive, influential, and beautiful shapes and designs of antiquity but it has also given us a window into the lives, practices, and beliefs of a people long gone and of whom we very often have no contemporary written record." (Cartwright)

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These sculptures keep our present world in touch with the ancient world.

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Was used for everyday purposes

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Played a very important role in the ancient world