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Vent: My whole approach to pottery shards was wrong for like five years
Used to just sort them by color and size, thought that was good enough. Then at a dig in New Mexico last fall, the site lead showed me how to look for temper material under a 10x loupe. Started grouping by grit type instead, like crushed basalt versus sand. Completely changed how we pieced together a cooking pot from the 1200s. Anyone else had to totally re-learn a basic sorting method?
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the_ryan22h ago
It's crazy how often the basic way we sort things is just the first guess, not the best one. I see it all the time with people organizing their tools or even their music playlists. They start by what's easy to see, like color or genre, and miss the deeper system that actually makes sense, like the job the tool does or the mood of the song.
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the_mason18h agoMost Upvoted
Ever sort by how often you actually use stuff?
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