Figurines, Clay Pipes, and Ceramic Armbands

When you think of ceramics in archaeology, mostly you think about pottery vessels; here are some resources on other uses for fired clay, including figurines, ceramic armbands, and that ubiquitous historic Euroamerican object, the clay pipe.

Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army
A photographic tour of the terracotta army of the Qin Dynasty emperor of China who united China in 221 BC, Emperor Shihuangdi.

The New World Figurine Project, Vol. 2
The New World Figurine Project is the brainchild of Terry Stocker, who in the mid-1980s began to collect articles--new and classic--on ceramic figurines of North, Central and South America.

Persian Figurine Database
From Paul Jacobs and the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, part of the database at the Cobb Institute; includes movies, stills, descriptions of the ceramics.

Venus Figurines
Venus figurines are the name given to a nearly universal type of art, appearing first in the Upper Paleolithic period between 30,000 and 15,000 years ago.

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