New archaeological method finds children were skilled ceramists during the Bronze Age
Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden. The thesis explores how an artisanal perspective can contribute to archaeology by providing new insights into archaeological artefacts.“I have found that even the most simple household receptacles could involve tremendous skill. Within archaeology, experts’ typological analyses have previously tended to focus on when a receptacle was made and its shape. But, how it was made, the