piperr58•9d agoMost Upvoted

Chat with a museum curator changed how I look at pottery shards

I was on a dig last month in rural New Mexico. Just collecting random broken bits. A curator from the local museum walked over and said "that one is a cooking pot rim, not a bowl." She pointed out the soot patterns. Suddenly those little fragments told a whole story about meals and families. Now I actually look at the edges and burn marks. Anyone else have a moment where a single detail changed your whole view of a find?

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paule539d ago

That one is a cooking pot rim" made me look twice at a cracked coffee mug I was about to toss.

angela_allen539d ago

Nope, that mug is still trash.