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    كيفية رسم الفخار

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    This document provides a 16 step guide for drawing pottery profiles that includes: 1) Labeling and recording information from the pottery piece; 2) Measuring and drawing the base, height, diameter, and widest point of the piece; 3) Using a ruler and calipers to transcribe points of the profile onto graph paper; 4) Connecting the points to draw the exterior profile and finding thickness to draw interior profile; 5) Drawing a mirror image to complete the other half if symmetrical; and 6) Filling in and stippling the profile for publication. The document was edited by William Neidinger and includes photographs and

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    This document provides a 16 step guide for drawing pottery profiles that includes: 1) Labeling and recording information from the pottery piece; 2) Measuring and drawing the base, height, diameter, and widest point of the piece; 3) Using a ruler and calipers to transcribe points of the profile onto graph paper; 4) Connecting the points to draw the exterior profile and finding thickness to draw interior profile; 5) Drawing a mirror image to complete the other half if symmetrical; and 6) Filling in and stippling the profile for publication. The document was edited by William Neidinger and includes photographs and

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    This document provides a 16 step guide for drawing pottery profiles that includes: 1) Labeling and recording information from the pottery piece; 2) Measuring and drawing the base, height, diameter, and widest point of the piece; 3) Using a ruler and calipers to transcribe points of the profile onto graph paper; 4) Connecting the points to draw the exterior profile and finding thickness to draw interior profile; 5) Drawing a mirror image to complete the other half if symmetrical; and 6) Filling in and stippling the profile for publication. The document was edited by William Neidinger and includes photographs and

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    كيفية رسم الفخار

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    This document provides a 16 step guide for drawing pottery profiles that includes: 1) Labeling and recording information from the pottery piece; 2) Measuring and drawing the base, height, diameter, and widest point of the piece; 3) Using a ruler and calipers to transcribe points of the profile onto graph paper; 4) Connecting the points to draw the exterior profile and finding thickness to draw interior profile; 5) Drawing a mirror image to complete the other half if symmetrical; and 6) Filling in and stippling the profile for publication. The document was edited by William Neidinger and includes photographs and

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    THE TEXAS FOUNDATION

    FOR
    ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL RESEARCH

    DRAWING POTTERY PROFILES


    AFTER A VESSEL OR POTSHERD HAS BEEN
    PROPERLY EXCAVATED, PHOTOGRAPHED,
    CLEANED, ANALYZED, AND RESTORED (IF
    NECESSARY), IT IS TIME TO DRAW A PROFILE
    OF THE PIECE.

    RESTORATION

    EXCAVATION DRAWING
    CLEANING

    PHOTOGRAPHY
    ANALYSIS
    POTTERY PROFILE AND TERMINOLOGY
    THE CONCEPT OF THE POTTERY PROFILE IS TO PRESENT BOTH
    AN EXTERIOR VIEW AND A PROFILE “CUTTING” OF THE PIECE.
    FOR TFAHR PUBLICATIONS, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO PRESENT THE
    EXTERIOR VIEW ON THE RIGHT AND THE PROFILE CUTTING ON
    THE LEFT.

    RIM or LIP

    HANDLE
    NECK

    SHOULDER
    BODY

    STEM
    BASE or FOOT
    HOW TO DRAW A KANTHAROID CUP
    1 st

    BE CAREFUL WITH THE LABEL, MAKE SURE IT STAYS


    WITH THE PIECE FOR IDENTIFICATION.
    2 nd

    WRITE THE INFORMATION FROM THE LABEL IN THE UPPER LEFT


    CORNER OF THE GRAPH PAPER.
    3rd

    MEASURE THE BASE OF THE PIECE. DRAW IT ON THE PAPER (1).


    MAKE YOU SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ON THE PAPER FOR
    THE REST OF THE PIECE, ALONG WITH A BORDER TO MAKE
    SCANNING THE PAPER INTO THE COMPUTER EASIER.
    4 th

    MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF


    THE PIECE AT ITS TALLEST
    POINT. USUALLY, THIS IS
    FROM THE RIM TO THE
    BASE THROUGH THE
    CENTER OF THE PIECE. 2
    DRAW THIS LINE (2) ON
    THE PAPER IN THE MIDDLE
    OF THE LINE ALREADY
    DRAWN FOR THE BASE (1).
    1
    5 th

    TAKE THE MEASUREMENT OF THE PIECE`S DIAMETER AT THE RIM.


    DRAW THIS LINE (3) OVER THE CENTRAL LINE THAT HAD BEEN
    DRAWN FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE PIECE (2). MAKE SURE LINE (3) IS
    PERPENDICULAR TO LINE (2).
    6 th

    4 3

    MEASURE THE WIDEST POINT OF THE PIECE; IN THIS KANTHAROID


    CUP IT IS FROM THE END OF THE HANDLE TO THE RIM. DRAW
    THIS POINT (4) ON THE GRAPH PAPER. THIS WILL BE THE ORIGIN
    OF THE NEXT POINTS YOU WILL DRAW (NEXT SLIDE).
    7 th
    HOLD YOUR RULER
    VERTICALLY AGAINST THE
    HANDLE AND, IN ONE
    CENTIMETER INCREMENTS,
    TAKE POINTS IN THE PROFILE
    OF THE ENTIRE PIECE AND
    TRANSCRIBE THEM TO THE
    GRAPH PAPER.

    BE SURE THAT THE RULER


    STARTS EXACTLY AT 0 CM TO
    AVOID MISMEASURMENT. IF
    THE RULER DOES NOT START
    AT 0 CM, SET IT ALONG THE
    EDGE OF THE TABLE, AS
    PICTURED.
    8 th

    4 3

    TRANSCRIBE THESE POINTS TO THE GRAPH PAPER WITH CALIPERS


    OR A COMPASS. PUT ONE LEG OF THE INSTRUMENT ON THE
    “EXTREME EDGE” (WHERE THE RULER WAS), AND WITH THE OTHER
    LEG MARK THE CORRESPONDING POINT ON THE GRAPH PAPER.
    9 th

    CONNECT THE RECORDED


    POINTS TO MAKE THE
    PROFILE.
    10 th

    THE OUTER PROFILE IS COMPLETE. USE THE CALIPERS TO FIND


    THE THICKNESS OF THE PIECE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE INTERIOR
    PROFILE.
    11 th

    DRAW THE INTERIOR


    PROFILE OF THE
    PIECE BY USING THE
    CALIPERS TO FIND
    THE THICKNESS OF
    THE PIECE AT
    CERTAIN POINTS.
    YOU NOW HAVE ONE
    HALF OF THE
    PROFILE DRAWN.
    12 th

    TO FINISH THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROFILE, YOU MUST DRAW A


    MIRROR IMAGE OF THE PIECE NEXT TO THE HALF ALREADY
    DRAWN, IF THE PIECE IS SYMMETRICAL. GO TO THE WINDOW,
    FOLD THE PAPER BACK ALONG THE CENTRAL EDGE OF THE
    DRAWING, AND DRAW ONLY THE EXTERIOR PROFILE.
    13 th

    NOW THE PROFILE ITSELF IS COMPLETED.


    14 th

    FILL IN THE INTERIOR OF PROFILE IN BLACK.


    15 th
    16 th

    THE FINAL STAGE IS TO STIPPLE THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE


    PROFILE. THIS IS A LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS AND MANY
    INSTITUTIONS FORGO THIS LAST STEP. BUT SINCE IT PRODUCES A
    MORE READABLE PROFILE, TFAHR INSISTS UPON IT FOR ITS
    PUBLICATIONS. THE STIPPLING IS USUALLY DONE IN TEXAS, AS THE
    PROFILE IS READIED FOR PUBLICATION.
    Text: Pablo Aparicio Resco; edited by
    William Neidinger
    Photographs: Pablo Aparicio Resco,
    Eulah Matthews, Nicholas Shelden-
    Setten, William Neidinger
    Pottery profiles: Pablo Aparicio Resco,
    Dorothy Caggiano, Ann Fowler, and
    Teresa Southwell

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