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单词 potsherd
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potsherd
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/us
/ˈpɑːt.ʃɜ˞ːd/
abrokenpieceof anobjectmade ofbakedclay,especiallyonefoundby anarchaeologist(= someone whostudiesthebuildings,graves,objects, etc. ofpeoplewholivedin the past):
（尤指有考古价值的）陶器碎片
Thepotswerecomparedwithsamplesof potsherdsdugfromancientPuebloIndiansites.把这些壶与从古普韦布洛印第安人遗址中挖出的陶罐样本进行了比较。
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(Definition ofpotsherdfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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He had to handle potsherds to know how things fit in the grand scheme of things.
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Of some 40 to 50 such test pits, we only found abundant potsherds in five.
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There were also large quantities of potsherds without traces of fire damage, as well as a number of spindle whorls, a loom weight and a whetstone.
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Grindstones were discovered at all three sites, and there are numerous potsherds with organic remains, presumably the result of mishaps in cooking millet and sorghum, adhering to their inner surfaces.
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While those flint flakes and potsherds are found somewhere - in a rubbish pit or a posthole or a ditch - this object had arrived alone in the post.
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A sherd orpotsherdthat has been used by having writing painted or inscribed on it can be more precisely referred to as an ostracon.
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There are potsherds and obsidian flakes strewn on the surface of the ground.
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Potsherds were often used for correspondence in place of the less durable papyrus; occasionally the recipient wrote the answer on the back of thepotsherd.
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These, though, are merely fragments and potsherds, all dug up on the villages southeastern outskirts.
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Numerous potsherds and many small fire pits are interpreted as evidence of ceremonies connected with processing the bodies.
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Several potsherds of urns deposited in the interior were discovered.
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The inspiration for many designs used on their pottery were found on old potsherds gathered to use for temper.
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Some of the incisions on the potsherds bear some apparent resemblance to letter shapes.
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The most peculiar find during this excavation was a large amount of quartz pebbles (usually found alongside concentrated areas of potsherds).
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Two test pits yielded a large of number of potsherds in distinct strata.
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