Pottery Lab: Group B Data

Quantitative Observations

Elliot #1

unhydrated weight of material	216g
hydrated weight of material	275g
full diameter	8.5cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width
height	3.0cm

Margie #1

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	235g
full diameter	8.0cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	2.5cm
height	2.5cm

Hannah #1

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	256g
full diameter	8.0cm
hole diameter	2.75cm
edge width	2.75cm
height	3.0cm

Becca #1

unhydrated weight of material	217g
hydrated weight of material	221g
full diameter	7.5cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	2.5cm
height	3.0cm

Elliot #2

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	251.1g
full diameter	8.0cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width
height	3.0cm

Margie #2

unhydrated weight of material	214.8g
hydrated weight of material	251g
full diameter	8.0cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	3.0cm
height	3.0cm

Hannah #2

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	260g
full diameter	8.5cm
hole diameter	3.0cm
edge width	2.5cm
height	2.5cm

Elliot #3

unhydrated weight of material	216g
hydrated weight of material	232g
full diameter	8.5cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	2.5cm
height	3.0cm

Margie #3

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	258g
full diameter	8.5cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	2.5cm
height	3.0cm

Hannah #3

unhydrated weight of material	215g
hydrated weight of material	254g
full diameter	8.25cm
hole diameter	2.5cm
edge width	3.0cm
height	2.75cm

Qualitative Observations

• water spills everywhere
• it’s easy to lose material to the hands and table
  • Elliot had major clay loss in kneading
  • I added too much water and had MAJOR clay loss in kneading
• all four of us added too much water initially
  • the spray bottle (which early medieval people probably wouldn’t have had) seemed much more effective than pouring