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  1. #FindsFriday #BehindTheScenes🏺
    How do we stage broken #ceramics for photographic #reconstruction?
    With painter’s tape, we hold the #sherds together just long enough to take a photo. 📸 Residue is then cleaned off with ethanol—so the pottery isn't glued.
    This pot was found during an #excavation in Lower #Austria! Thrown on a potter's wheel, its characteristics suggest it's from the late 13th to early 15th century!

    #Archaeology #History #Museum
    Photos/Video: Martina Simon, #Novetus GmbH