Each type of ceramic has a unique combination of paste surface treatment and decoration that is not found in that combination on any other type steps in ceramic identification.
Definition of impressed decoration in ceramics.
Jomon pottery vessels are the oldest in the world and their impressed decoration which resembles rope is the origin of the word jomon meaning cord pattern.
Pottery decoration produced by impressing a twisted cord into the surface of the soft clay.
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The methods colors and motifs used to decorate the vessel.
The alternative name impressed ware is given by some archaeologists to define this culture because impressions can be with sharp objects other than cockle shell such as a nail or comb.
The jomon period c.
The first step in identifying a pottery type should be the identification of paste type.
Sometimes short individual motifs were produced by wrapping a cord around a stick peterborough ware or part or the whole of a vessel was wrapped closely in cord corded ware and some varieties of beaker.