Research II

I read an excerpt called “Very, very old Clay” by Holly Goring in the Ceramics Monthly Magazine. Out of all of the engaging details I learned throughout the paragraphs, I was specifically interested in the fact that evidence has been found of a community of craftspeople who invented ceramics about 12,000 years ago. They found modeled animals and found ceramic art flourished for about 2,500 years before it disappeared. These paragraphs also talked about how the first artistic ceramic shards were found in 2001 but were almost overlooked. Overall, this excerpt mainly focuses on the uses for clay in the past and how it contributed to where it is today.

I thought this article was overall really interesting to read. I really liked how the author added a timeline because it gave a visual to what was being discussed. It made it easier to really understand what she was talking about. Some questions I have about this article would be how can you tell the age of clay? What is visually different between really old clay to relatively new clay?