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Question: How did they construct Ancient Greek Pottery!?
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The coil method listed above is very old and almost (completely!?) universal!. The Greeks did use it, but it had largely gone out of use except for specialized vessels centuries before the classical period!. More common was the potters wheel!. Centrifugal force is generated in most cases by a fly wheel, which is a wheel near the ground connected to a vertical shaft!. The potter kicks the wheel which turns the shaft, upon which is the wheel which holds the clay, also known as a bat!. The force of the spin coupled with the potter's hands forces the clay into shape!. The vessel was then left for a period until it attained a leather hardness and then fired in a kiln, likely along with dozens of other vessels!. The wheel remains the dominant method of ceramic production today, although we now use an electric version!. Some places that aren't as modernized still use the old method!. Many potters on Crete still use a method largely unchanged since the Minoan era!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think they had multiple methods but i know one was defiantly the coil method!. The coil method involved rolling 'logs' of clay and then stacking them on top of one another to form a circular object of pottery!. They heated the clay in a furnace until it was hard enough to be used as pottery!.Www@QuestionHome@Com