Showcase Housekeeping
B1
Bowl | Pottery | 1000 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | APM
B2
Beaker with lentil-shaped decorations | Pottery | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
B3
Tulip beaker | Pottery | 3800 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW
B4
Cup | Pottery | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW
B5
Feeding cup | Pottery | 1000 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | IVF
Sip by sip
As early as 3000 years ago, babies were nursing from bottles. Of course, the bottles looked different back then than they do today. ometimes they were shaped like little ducks, sometimes like adult drinking cups. The food was poured into the larger, upward-facing hole. The babies sucked it out sip by sip through the small nipple-shaped spout. By the way: The empty bottle could also serve as a flute or whistle. To do this, the large hole had to be half closed with the fingers while blowing into the spout. ave you ever tried to make a sound by blowing over the rim of an empty bottle?
Illustration: G. Embleton | APM
B6
Jar with handle | Pottery | 3800 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
B7
Jar with handle | Pottery | 3900 BC | Taubried | APM
C1
Deep bowl | Pottery | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
C2
Amphora | Pottery | 1000 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | APM
C3
Hanging vessel with eyelets | Pottery | 3800 BC | Unteruhldingen-Bayenwiesen | APM
C4
Bottle | Pottery | 3800 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
C5
Cooking pot | Pottery | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
Useful detail
The small holes below the rim prevented the pot’s contents from boiling over.
D1
Bark box | Lime bark | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM
Well-sewn
Durable boxes of various sizes – with and without lids – could be made using simple means such as birch bark, a bone awl and twine made from tree bast.
Photo: Y. Mühleis | LAD