Name :
tripod cooking pot

Location: 
NW window well in room 5

Appearance:
The artefact is a round object that stands on three legs. The artefact also contains engravings on the rim and outside face. 

Uses:
The pot is generally used for cooking due to its ability to conduct heat efficiently but due to it's design, it's thought that it may have been used in major events and occasions. 

Techniques and style:
Experts of Bronze age cooking pots suggest that this pot was created with a variation in both morphology and ceramic fabrics. Further scientific examination shows that cooking pot was heated at two different temperatures with volcanic clay, then molded afterwards. The artistic style of the artifact is similar to that of other Greek artwork, especially reminiscent of the Minoan frescoes found in the same area. This also suggests that they were created or at least painted around the same time.

Significance:
The cooking pot itself presents the fact that the Minoans cooked food in such devices. It also shows us how much ingenuity they had as a civilisation. 


Expert Opinion:
Ceramic experts such as Noemi S. miller,  have stated that the Tripod cooking vessels were created and more suited to boiling and simmering rather than cooking, due to the high thermal conductivity.      

Scientific methods:
Radiocarbon dating and analysis of the ceramic materials by ceramic experts, including things like x-rays and other types of scientific analysis.