[Terrapreta] More on clay/pottery etc

[Michael Bailes]

>
> I would suggest that there are still enough "loose ends" associated with
> TP that its origin and evolution are far from being "cast in stone."
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Kevin


I don't think anyone is saying that.
Keep hypothesizing about the pottery; we may came up with a reasonable
explanation. I don't think all bets are on any one particular theory at the
moment.
I did notice old gardeners (19-20 century) used "terracotta balls" in pots
and also broken terracotta down the bottom of pots "for drainage".
 Does anyone know anything about this or has seen their Grandmother do it?

 There are lots of "unknowns" in TP including the pottery. (Which also goes
down 6' into the soil as well as the charcoal, suggesting to me that the
char was placed there by man.). Remember we are talking about soils more
than 2,000 years old
Not all Terra preta soil has pottery. Stone-age TP, has stone age artifacts.
This according to Dr. J Lehman at the IAI conference  (!)
Michael Bailes
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