The earliest ceramic pots were handbuilt, as opposed to wheel-thrown on a potter's wheel. Most American pottery was made by coiling, which may be related to ancient basketmaking methods. In this ...

She cuts a hole in the top to form the opening, or the mouth, of the vessel (Figure 9). The potter forms a thin coil of clay that she will attach to the pot to form the rim (Figure 10). After ...

Until the first century BC, British pots were hand-made by coil- or slab-shaping. Clay was mixed with 'temper' such as sand or crushed pottery, which reduced shrinkage and cracking on drying.