Yellow Ware | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: Yellow Ware

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

Yellow Ware

Country/Region:

England/

Date BCE/CE:

1840 - 20th Century

Period:

Historic (Spanish Colo...

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General Information

Very hard, compact buff colored refined earthenware paste. The transparent lead glaze makes the interior and exterior appear yellowish. May be plain or decorated. Decorative techniques include slip decorating, painting, and molding.

This description of Yellow Ware comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Detail Attributes

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

Very hard, compact buf...

Technological Description

The transparent lea...

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Petrographic Samples 0

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Refined Earthenware

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Bibliography

Charlie Cobb and Gifford Waters. Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection, 2023. February 23, 2023. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/ceramic-types/
Stanley South. Method and theory in historical archaeology. New York: Academic Press, 1977
Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University. Archaeology Lab Ceramics Database. 2023. https://www.smu.ca/anthropology/lab-ceramics-database.html

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Hume 1969 was also listed on the FLMNH website but the bibliographic information was not provided.