Pāhkwi askihk

Pottery is made by finding suitable clay, building a vessel, letting it dry, and then firing it to make it durable. Pottery is tricky to make, and women trained to become skilled in this job. Pottery size can range from mini to very large. Typically, when archaeologists find pottery at an archaeology site, it is broken into fragments or sherds. Rim sherds are the best to find as they give the archaeologist information about the size of the pot, and how old it is. Pottery types are defined by their shape and decoration. The rim sherd found in your dig box is of a style called Selkirk. This style was used around the time when Pisim was alive in the late 1600s.

Pottery can be used in any season but it was usually made in the summer or fall.