Pottery Use
Pots are indeed tools (Braun 1983; Reid 1989) but they can also be signs and symbols (Kingery 1996b:3).Thus, the study of symbols use requires a mix of soft- and hard-science techniques. A very profitable area of research has been to apply a materials science-like approach to understand the relationship be-tween ceramic manufacture and use (Bronitsky 1989; Rice 1996: 134-148 ).