@exiliaex if you need material culture help I'm always happy to help! "period pottery" is an interesting term that makes me wonder what period and locale you're curious about
@precatlady thank you for the offer! i'm sure i'll take you up on it some time!
the "Period Pottery" piece is actually one in a collection called The Compleat Anachronist. I wasn't familiar with this collection before seeing it at the used bookstore but each issue seems to cover either a bit of a "How To" for different historical practices or some specialized bit of historical-cultural knowledge. I grabbed all the ones I saw when at the book store, just because they seemed an odd niche object.
I've since found that they're published by the Society for Creative Anachronism (i have no idea what they are lmao) https://www.sca.org/publications-officer/ca/
@exiliaex ah yeah I am not sure how I figured it out but I zoomed in and looked it up after asking and was like ohhhhh it's an SCA THING 😅 but I do know a lot of archaeologists who do experimental work, we are a very interesting bunch lol