The oldest pots — Potters · The Makers
In the Little Kiln Town museum, a case holds a few small, dark shards. The label says they are among the oldest pottery known.
Your task
Is each sentence true or false?
- Pieces of pots about 20,000 years old have been found in a cave in China. People were still hunters and gatherers then, and farming did not exist yet. They learned that wet clay, once fired, turns hard and keeps its shape.
- Invented guild stories to learn from. Never try fire, hot metal, glass, blades or power tools on your own: crafts like these are learned with a trained adult.
- Every craft came from many people in many places. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- Craft knowledge — You understood how this craft works.
- Making it well — You put the steps in a sensible order and used the right tools.
- Care for people & planet — You kept people safe and used materials wisely.
In real life
A broken pot is a time capsule. Archaeologists read its clay, shape and even leftover food to learn what people ate, and finding shards in place shows how people lived there. That is why a stray find should be reported to a museum, not pocketed.
Potters
The guild stories are invented, to learn from. Fire, heat, blades and tools are only for trained adults: learn these crafts with a trained adult, never at home. Nothing about you is collected; progress stays on this device.
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