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<P align="justify"> Ceramics, broadl … <P align="justify"> Ceramics, broadly understood, refers to any objects produced by firing clay. In the more restricted sense used in this encyclopaedia, it refers to vessels formed from clay and hardened by firing. Because clay is a plastic, formless mass, several different techniques can be employed in producing vessels from it. Coiling was the predominant technique in northern Europe, but in eastern and northern [[Fennoscandia|Fennoscandia]] external and internal moulds were also used. Clay also offers almost limitless opportunities for shaping and decorating vessels. In northern Europe, vessels were usually decorated by stamping shapes on them but also to some extent by drawing. </P>
<P align="justify"> There exist innumerable types and styles of pottery, and from them it is possible to construct multiple geographical and chronological patterns of distribution. In the archaeological context, ceramic type is a central element in defining [[Archaeological Culture|archaeological cultures]] in the Neolithic Age, for instance. If the manufacture of ceramic vessels was the task of women, as is usually assumed, the archaeological culture is defined according to the ceramic production of women who used the same ‘pattern book’. The ‘pattern book’ contained the range of marks that represented the identity of the community. Therefore, a society with what was felt to have a common tradition maintained by a united system of communication (including a semiotic of objects) is reflected in an archaeological culture defined according to pottery type. Indeed, it is the semiotic of objects that [[Archaeology|archaeology]] attempts to elucidate in studying the material relics of the culture preserved in the earth. [[Ethnic Identification|Ethnic identification]].</P>
<P align="justify"> In eastern and northern [[Fennoscandia|Fennoscandia]], the manufacture of pottery by local communities for their own use was limited to the Prehistoric Age. The historically identified Saami did not manufacture pottery and hardly used it.</P><BR> [[Ceramic History|History of ceramics.]]<BR><BR>
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