{"id":2702,"date":"2026-03-09T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/?page_id=2702"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:58:13","slug":"pottery-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/open-air-museum\/pottery-2\/","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-2702'><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-cc4a328e8a58d9dc840e76011523a680\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-cc4a328e8a58d9dc840e76011523a680{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-cc4a328e8a58d9dc840e76011523a680 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-cc4a328e8a58d9dc840e76011523a680 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-cc4a328e8a58d9dc840e76011523a680 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 lump 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>The clay came from the local area. Before the pile-dwellers used the coil and patch techniques to shape bowls, pots and cups from it, they mixed it with quartz sand or small pieces of weathered rock. This gave the tough mixture greater stability and made it easier to shape. A fire lit in an open pit served as a kiln. This could reach temperatures of between 600 and 800 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The composition of the clay used, the shape, colour and decoration provide reliable clues as to the origin of the object in question. For the trained eye, even a small shard is sufficient to determine its chronological and geographical context. Coarsely made pots and vessels with simple decorations such as fingerprints or grooves occur throughout the Stone Age. The impressions of cords in the still-soft clay point to the culture of the so-called Corded Ware people of the 3rd millennium BC. At the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, the pile-dwelling people on Lake Constance produced high-quality, black-coloured pottery. It was highly polished and adorned with striking white incised patterns. Some pots were fitted with practical handles for easier handling. Or eyelets, so that the pots could be hung up to keep them safe from thieving mice.<\/p>\n<p>In the Stone Age, there were no professions as such. However, there were certainly talents and skills, so it is likely that some people were more inclined to make pottery or jewellery, go fishing or hunting, build houses or work with stone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>House type: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two-room Stone Age pile-dwelling (c. 3500 BC), walls made of woven, clay-plastered twigs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reconstructed: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1939, based on excavations at Riedschachen 1 in the Federsee moor, Aichb\u00fchl near Bad Schussenried and Sipplingen, 1923\u20131930.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tableware for children\u2019s hands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s smaller than the adult version, of course. Children\u2019s tableware existed as far back as the Neolithic period. If you don\u2019t want it to get knocked over, it simply has to be made for little hands. And when the little cups, bowls and pots aren\u2019t being used, they fit perfectly in a doll\u2019s house. We\u2019ve hidden a few children\u2019s pots amongst the large ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you spot them?<\/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-2702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702","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=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5052,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2702\/revisions\/5052"}],"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=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}