{"id":2698,"date":"2026-03-09T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/?page_id=2698"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:54:28","slug":"pottery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/open-air-museum\/pottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='a'  class='avia-section av-6boj-964839248dbaa131430c011e9e66912b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2698'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-xke3-96c4b674a30a3471a9bbcaf7b1f7955b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lw9ee3ch-ec7ad0dbcd21b608bc0bc4100490e93d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-ec7ad0dbcd21b608bc0bc4100490e93d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-ec7ad0dbcd21b608bc0bc4100490e93d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-ec7ad0dbcd21b608bc0bc4100490e93d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-ec7ad0dbcd21b608bc0bc4100490e93d av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pottery<br \/>\nFrom clay to pot<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lw6p7skz-3879436eebab07eb7e420d4d7b81001b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>3,000 years old, but anything but plain: pottery from around 1000 BC was extremely varied in form and decoration. A set of tableware included bowls, dishes, cups, pots and mugs. The pile-dwelling community sourced the clay they needed from local deposits in the surrounding area. Clay preparation, shaping and the application of decorations took place indoors. Even back then, there was tableware for everyday use and for special occasions. Grey vessels with simple decorations sufficed for daily use, whilst the black tableware \u2013 elaborately decorated with white patterns \u2013 was brought to the table on special occasions. To ensure the objects had a beautiful sheen, they had to be polished with a smoothing stone before firing. The black colour was produced by a special smoking-firing technique. Some pottery was also coloured a bright red.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest are the bird-shaped vessels \u2013 presumably drinking bottles for infants. They may also have been used as oil lamps or musical instruments. The clay moon idols may have formed part of household altars. Smaller amulets and clay rattles were used in ritual ceremonies or when making music. The clay stamps are interpreted as bread or skin stamps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>House type: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single-room Bronze Age log cabin<\/p>\n<p>(c. 1000 BC), walls made of bog pine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reconstructed: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1931\/1977, based on excavations at the \u201eWasserburg Buchau\u201c, Federsee moor, 1921\u20131937.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Birds, stamps, moon horns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When science is at a loss, it experiments. That\u2019s usually when the best ideas emerge. The little clay birds make excellent whistling sounds. But they also serve as drinking vessels \u2013 perhaps as bottles for infants? It\u2019s clear what the stamps were used for. But what was the story behind the little moon horns? Like their larger counterparts, they are reminiscent of the moon in the night sky. Did they serve as lucky charms? Worn like an amulet on a leather cord around the neck? Or were they little pocket calendars, with each dot representing a month?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1692,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2698","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5047,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2698\/revisions\/5047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}