Grey ware
{{Short description|Type of pottery made of a gray paste}}
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Grey ware is pottery with a body that fires to grey. This type of pottery can be found in different archaeological sites around the world.
History
=Prehistory=
In Italy, grey ware was excavated in Antigori and Broglio di Trebisacce.{{Cite book|title=Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean: Mobility, Materiality and Identity|last=Dommelen|first=Peter van|last2=Knapp|first2=A. Bernard|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0203842111|location=Oxon|pages=117}} The practice of making this pottery, which is called ceramica grigia in the mainland and ceramica grigio-ardesia in Sardinia began in the Late Bronze Age. Shards indicated that while the grey ware had similarities, there were also differences in terms of design. There are scholars who believe that the Italian grey ware was influenced by technology that originated from the Aegean.{{Cite book|title=Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (1600-1200 BC)|last=Wijngaarden|first=Gert Jan van|date=2002|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=90-5356-482-9|location=Amsterdam|pages=237}}
An examples of grey ware found in Pakistan was the Faiz Muhammad Grey Ware. This was manufactured during the Mehgarh Period V and included deep, open bowls and shallow plates.{{Cite book|title=Ancient Pakistan - an Archaeological History: Volume III: Harappan Civilization - the Material Culture|last=Ahmed|first=Mukhtar|date=2014-10-25|publisher=Amazon|isbn=978-1-4959-6643-9|location=Reidsville, NC|pages=111}} The technology used for this type of grey ware was similar to the technology used in the grey ware found in east Iranian sites called Emir Grey Ware.
=Medieval era=
Several types of grey ware can be found in medieval Britain, including Hertfordshire-type greyware. South Buckinghamshire pottery, and Limpsfield-type ware, produced between the late 12th and 14th centuries.{{cite book |last1=Blackmore |first1=Lyn |last2=Pearce |first2=Jacqueline |title=A dated type series of London medieval pottery: Part 5 Shelly -sandy ware and the greyware industries |date=2010 |publisher=Museum of London Archaeology |pages=83–87}}
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