The cone-shaped vessels that have puzzled archaeologists for decades – until now - Ancient vessels found to have soot deposits in their surprisingly unfinished interiors, providing vital clues for sci ...

The research team examined dozens of intact vessels and hundreds of diagnostic sherds, and backed up the use-wear observations with experimental reconstructions, showing that wax-filled replicas can ...

A ‘mock meteorite’ made up of a ball of clay. Researchers used this model to show how objects moving through fluids like water will naturally erode into cone shapes. Image Credit: NYU's Applied ...

You might think of meteors as flashes in the sky that result in lumpy-looking meteorites on the ground. But not all meteorites are lumps. A substantial population ...

Surface collected at an unknown date; acquired by Ray Perry at an unknown date; acquired from him by Robert A. Kercher (1919-2009, an amateur archaeologist and collector from the Cincinnati, Ohio, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Collected or purchased from local ...