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wares are classified by fabric, form, decoration and firing.","purpose":"Let an agent explain pottery wares as archaeological and craft classes, relay classification, dating and production evidence from archaeological sources, describe the named wares in the registry aliases, and distinguish ware as a class from pottery as a craft, from individual vessels and from porcelain and stoneware as materials.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Classified by fabric","Dated by typology","Named by site or region","Production evidence"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a pottery ware is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a pottery ware, and how does it differ from the craft, a vessel and a ceramic material?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about classification, a named ware, dating or production?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"wares","name":"Wares","description":"Named wares.","findings":[{"id":"wares-finding","name":"Wares","description":"Wares.","questions":[{"text":"What are Roman grey ware, Ipswich ware, Vectis ware, British Neolithic pottery and unglazed pottery?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific ware?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"archaeology","name":"Archaeology","description":"Archaeology.","layers":[{"id":"classification","name":"Classification","description":"Classification.","findings":[{"id":"classification-finding","name":"Classification","description":"Classification.","questions":[{"text":"How are wares classified by fabric, form and decoration?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"production","name":"Production","description":"Production.","findings":[{"id":"production-finding","name":"Production","description":"Production.","questions":[{"text":"How do wasters and kiln sites reveal where wares were made?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"dating","name":"Dating","description":"Dating and trade.","layers":[{"id":"dating","name":"Dating","description":"Dating.","findings":[{"id":"dating-finding","name":"Dating","description":"Dating.","questions":[{"text":"How are wares dated by typology, stratigraphy and science?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits ceramic petrography?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"trade","name":"Trade","description":"Trade.","findings":[{"id":"trade-finding","name":"Trade","description":"Trade.","questions":[{"text":"How do ware distributions reveal trade and contact?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits ancient trade?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Craft and museums.","layers":[{"id":"craft","name":"Craft","description":"Craft.","findings":[{"id":"craft-finding","name":"Craft","description":"Craft.","questions":[{"text":"How are traditional wares still made?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits pottery?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"museums","name":"Museums","description":"Museums.","findings":[{"id":"museums-finding","name":"Museums","description":"Museums.","questions":[{"text":"Where are major ware collections held?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits ceramic art?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Classify a sherd or vessel to a ware from its fabric, form and decoration.","Use wasters and kiln evidence to point to a production site, with the evidence stated."],"mustNot":["Date a context from typology alone without stating the uncertainty.","Confuse a ware as a class with an individual vessel or with the clay fabric.","Excavate, collect or export archaeological pottery without authorization.","Trade or value pottery without documented provenance."],"requiresHuman":["Any excavation, export or sale of archaeological material.","Deaccessioning or discarding sherds from a collection."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Looted pottery destroys the context that gives it meaning and funds illicit trade.","Dating errors propagate through site chronologies and published syntheses."],"affectedParties":["Archaeologists and museums","Communities whose heritage it is","Buyers of antiquities"]},"owners":{"steward":"The state under heritage law; museums and excavation archives hold the collections.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National heritage and museum collection records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q22809652","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q2424752","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"hand-made object","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"product","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"pottery","type":"related","note":"the craft"},{"target":"archaeology","type":"related","note":"through fabric analysis"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.pottery-ware","Wikidata: Q17379525 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17379525)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Ipswich ware: about 650-850 CE","firing temperature, earthenware: about 1000-1150 C","waster: kiln reject note - production evidence"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Class of pottery by tradition or fabric","Roman grey ware, Ipswich ware, Vectis ware, British Neolithic pottery, unglazed pottery, wasters","Pottery is the craft; a vessel is an item; porcelain and stoneware are materials","Fired clay vessels of a shared fabric and style."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain ware classification","relay dating and production","describe named wares","distinguish related concepts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing ware with vessel or material","Misdating by typology alone","Registry aliases mixing periods and regions"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Archaeological ceramic recording standards","Heritage laws on excavated finds"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Classifying fired clay products.","prehistoric wares such as British Neolithic pottery","Roman wares such as grey ware and samian","early medieval wares such as Ipswich ware","regional wares such as Vectis ware","unglazed and glazed wares","wasters and kiln waste"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q17379525: pottery ware","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17379525","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia (rw): Ububumbyi","url":"https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ububumbyi","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should the named wares be separate primary entries?","How should archaeological sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific wares and kiln waste; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q17379525/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q17379525/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T14:49:35Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-08T19:09:49+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}