An interdisciplinary research team has investigated whether there are quantitative differences that can be used to identify individual potters who make traditional, fixed-shape vessels that have been made in the same way for generations.
Consequently, they discovered that there are clear variations between individuals in the formation process and hand movements used.
Members of the research team included Dr. Enora Gandon (Institute of Archaeology, University College London), Professor Nonaka Tetsushi (Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University), and Professor Emeritus John A. Endler (Deakin University). [Read more…] about Can individual differences be detected in same-shaped pottery vessels by unknown craftsmen?