ScienceSeptember 2, 2026
sherds
SHERDZ
Definition
Broken pieces of ceramic material, especially those found at an archaeological site.
Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'sceard', meaning a fragment, shard, or gap, likely related to the act of shearing or cutting something into pieces.
In the news
The article uses the word to describe pieces of ancient pottery found in feasting pits at Etowah that were tested for traces of cacao DNA.
Ancient cacao DNA has been recovered from two pottery fragments dug out of eleventh and twelfth century feasting pits at Etowah in Georgia, reported as the first clear evidence that cacao consumption was part of the Mississippian world
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