reply_letter.bbl

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\bibitem[Barron et~al.(2020)Barron, Fuller, Stevens, Champion, Winchell, and
  Denham]{Barron.2020}
A.~Barron, D.~Q. Fuller, C.~Stevens, L.~Champion, F.~Winchell, and T.~Denham.
\newblock Snapshots in time: {{MicroCT}} scanning of pottery sherds determines
  early domestication of sorghum ({{Sorghum}} bicolor) in {{East Africa}}.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science}, 123:\penalty0 105259, Nov.
  2020.
\newblock ISSN 03054403.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jas.2020.105259}.

\bibitem[Burton et~al.(2021)Burton, Quinn, Bennallack, Farahani, Howland,
  Najjar, and Levy]{Burton.2021}
M.~M. Burton, P.~S. Quinn, K.~Bennallack, A.~Farahani, M.~D. Howland,
  M.~Najjar, and T.~E. Levy.
\newblock Ceramic technology at {{Wadi Fidan}} 61, an early {{Pottery
  Neolithic}} site (ca. 6500 {{B}}.{{C}}.{{E}}.) in the {{Faynan}} region of
  southern {{Jordan}}.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports}, 38:\penalty0
  103029, Aug. 2021.
\newblock ISSN 2352409X.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103029}.

\bibitem[Cau et~al.(2004)Cau, Day, Baxter, Papageorgiou, Iliopoulos, and
  Montana]{Cau.2004}
M.-A. Cau, P.~M. Day, M.~J. Baxter, I.~Papageorgiou, I.~Iliopoulos, and
  G.~Montana.
\newblock Exploring automatic grouping procedures in ceramic petrology.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science}, 31\penalty0 (9):\penalty0
  1325--1338, Sept. 2004.
\newblock ISSN 03054403.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.006}.

\bibitem[Champion et~al.(2021)Champion, Gestrich, MacDonald, {Nieblas-Ramirez},
  and Fuller]{Champion.2021}
L.~Champion, N.~Gestrich, K.~MacDonald, L.~{Nieblas-Ramirez}, and D.~Fuller.
\newblock Pearl millet and iron in the {{West African Sahel}}:
  {{Archaeobotanical}} investigation at {{Tongo Maar{\'e} Diabal}}, {{Mali}}.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports}, 39:\penalty0
  103110, Oct. 2021.
\newblock ISSN 2352409X.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103110}.

\bibitem[Champion et~al.(2022)Champion, H{\"o}hn, Neumann, Franke, and
  Breunig]{Champion.2022}
L.~Champion, A.~H{\"o}hn, K.~Neumann, G.~Franke, and P.~Breunig.
\newblock A question of rite---pearl millet consumption at {{Nok}} culture
  sites, {{Nigeria}} (second/first millennium {{BC}}).
\newblock \emph{Vegetation History and Archaeobotany}, Dec. 2022.
\newblock ISSN 0939-6314, 1617-6278.
\newblock \doi{10.1007/s00334-022-00902-0}.

\bibitem[Coart and {de Haulleville}(1907)]{Coart.1907}
E.~Coart and A.~{de Haulleville}.
\newblock \emph{Notes Analytiques Sur Les Collections Ethnographiques Du
  {{Mus{\'e}e}} Du {{Congo}}: {{Les}} Industries Indig{\`e}nes: {{La}}
  Ceramique}, volume~3 of \emph{Annales Du {{Mus{\'e}e}} Du {{Congo}}}.
\newblock Mus{\'e}e du Congo, Br{\"u}ssel, 1907.

\bibitem[Cordivari et~al.(2022)Cordivari, Nikis, and
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B.~W. Cordivari, N.~Nikis, and M.~{Martin{\'o}n-Torres}.
\newblock Smelting copper in decorated pottery: Communities of practice in the
  {{Niari Basin}}, {{Republic}} of the {{Congo}}, fifteenth--seventeenth
  centuries {{CE}}.
\newblock \emph{Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences}, 14\penalty0
  (11):\penalty0 210, Nov. 2022.
\newblock ISSN 1866-9557, 1866-9565.
\newblock \doi{10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9}.

\bibitem[Drost(1967)]{Drost.1967}
D.~Drost.
\newblock \emph{T{\"o}pferei in~{{Afrika}}: {{Technologie}}}, volume~15 of
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\newblock Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1967.

\bibitem[Eggert and {Kanimba-Misago}(1980)]{Eggert.1980c}
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\newblock {Aspects d'un m{\'e}tier traditionnel: L'industrie de poterie {\`a}
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\bibitem[Eggert et~al.(2006)Eggert, H{\"o}hn, Kahlheber, Meister, Neumann, and
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M.~K.~H. Eggert, A.~H{\"o}hn, S.~Kahlheber, C.~Meister, K.~Neumann, and
  A.~Schweizer.
\newblock Pits, {{Graves}} and {{Grains}}: {{Archaeological}} and
  {{Archaeobotanical Research}} in~{{Southern Cameroon}}.
\newblock \emph{Journal of African Archaeology}, 4\penalty0 (2):\penalty0
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\bibitem[Frahm et~al.(2022)Frahm, Carolus, Cameron, Berner, Brown, Cheng,
  Kalodner, Leggett, Natale, Seibert, {Sparks-Stokes}, and
  Wuellner]{Frahm.2022}
E.~Frahm, C.~M. Carolus, A.~Cameron, J.~Berner, H.~Brown, J.~Cheng,
  J.~Kalodner, J.~L. Leggett, A.~Natale, S.~Seibert, D.~{Sparks-Stokes}, and
  E.~Wuellner.
\newblock Introducing the {{BRICC}} ({{Bricks}} and rocks for {{Instruments}}'
  ceramic calibration) sets: {{Open-source}} calibration materials for
  quantitative {{X-ray}} fluorescence analysis.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports}, 43:\penalty0
  103443, June 2022.
\newblock ISSN 2352409X.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103443}.

\bibitem[Fuller et~al.(2021)Fuller, Barron, Champion, Dupuy, Commelin,
  Raimbault, and Denham]{Fuller.2021}
D.~Q. Fuller, A.~Barron, L.~Champion, C.~Dupuy, D.~Commelin, M.~Raimbault, and
  T.~Denham.
\newblock Transition {{From Wild}} to {{Domesticated Pearl Millet}}
  ({{Pennisetum}} glaucum) {{Revealed}} in {{Ceramic Temper}} at {{Three Middle
  Holocene Sites}} in {{Northern Mali}}.
\newblock \emph{African Archaeological Review}, Mar. 2021.
\newblock ISSN 0263-0338, 1572-9842.
\newblock \doi{10.1007/s10437-021-09428-8}.

\bibitem[Gosselain(2002)]{Gosselain.2002}
O.~P. Gosselain.
\newblock \emph{{Poteries du Cameroun m{\'e}ridionial: styles, techniques et
  rapports {\`a} l'identit{\'e}}}.
\newblock Number~26 in {CRA monographies}. CNRS {\'e}d, Paris, 2002.
\newblock ISBN 978-2-271-06034-1.

\bibitem[Gosselain and Livingstone~Smith(2005)]{Gosselain.2005}
O.~P. Gosselain and A.~Livingstone~Smith.
\newblock The {{Source}}: {{Clay Selection}} and {{Processing Practices}} in
  sub-{{Saharan Africa}}.
\newblock In A.~Livingstone~Smith and D.~Bosquet, editors, \emph{Pottery
  Manufacturing Processes: {{Actes}} Du {{XIV{\`e}me Congr{\`e}s UISPP}},
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\newblock ISBN 1-84171-695-2.

\bibitem[Kahlheber et~al.(2014)Kahlheber, Eggert, Seidensticker, and
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S.~Kahlheber, M.~K.~H. Eggert, D.~Seidensticker, and H.-P. Wotzka.
\newblock Pearl {{Millet}} and {{Other Plant Remains}} from the {{Early Iron
  Age Site}} of {{Boso-Njafo}} ({{Inner Congo Basin}}, {{Democratic Republic}}
  of the {{Congo}}).
\newblock \emph{African Archaeological Review}, \penalty0 (31):\penalty0
  479--512, 2014.
\newblock ISSN 0263-0338.
\newblock \doi{10.1007/s10437-014-9168-1}.

\bibitem[Lepersonne(1974)]{Lepersonne.1974}
J.~Lepersonne.
\newblock {Carte g{\'e}ologique du Za{\"i}re}, 1974.

\bibitem[Neumann et~al.(2022)Neumann, Eichhorn, and Wotzka]{Neumann.2022}
K.~Neumann, B.~Eichhorn, and H.-P. Wotzka.
\newblock Iron {{Age}} plant subsistence in the {{Inner Congo Basin}} ({{DR
  Congo}}).
\newblock \emph{Vegetation History and Archaeobotany}, 31:\penalty0 481--509,
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\newblock ISSN 0939-6314, 1617-6278.
\newblock \doi{10.1007/s00334-021-00865-8}.

\bibitem[Persits et~al.(1997)Persits, Ahlbrandt, Tuttle, Charpentier,
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F.~Persits, T.~Ahlbrandt, M.~Tuttle, R.~Charpentier, M.~E. Brownfield, and
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\newblock Maps showing geology, oil and gas fields and geological provinces of
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\bibitem[Quinn(2022)]{Quinn.2022}
P.~S. Quinn.
\newblock \emph{Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron
  Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics}.
\newblock Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, 2 edition, 2022.
\newblock ISBN 978-1-80327-271-9.

\bibitem[Seidensticker(2013)]{Seidensticker.2013}
D.~Seidensticker.
\newblock {Die Nutzung und Funktion von Gruben in Zentralafrika: Ethnografische
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\newblock In R.~Karl and J.~Leskovar, editors, \emph{{Interpretierte
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\bibitem[Takenouchi and Yamahana(2021)]{Takenouchi.2021}
K.~Takenouchi and K.~Yamahana.
\newblock Fine pottery shaping techniques in {{Predynastic Egypt}}: {{A}} pilot
  study on non-destructive analysis using an {{X-Ray CT}} scanning system.
\newblock \emph{Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports}, 37:\penalty0
  102989, June 2021.
\newblock ISSN 2352409X.
\newblock \doi{10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102989}.

\bibitem[Volf et~al.(2024)Volf, Slav{\'i}{\v c}ek, Th{\'e}r, and
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J.~Volf, K.~Slav{\'i}{\v c}ek, R.~Th{\'e}r, and K.~Trnov{\'a}.
\newblock Technological and provenance insights into {{La T{\`e}ne}} pottery:
  {{An}} analysis of the settlement assemblage from {{K{\v r}inec}} ({{Czech
  Republic}}).
\newblock \emph{Archeologick{\'e} rozhledy}, 76\penalty0 (1):\penalty0 5--37,
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\newblock ISSN 2570-9151, 0323-1267.
\newblock \doi{10.35686/AR.2024.2}.

\bibitem[Whitbread(2001)]{Whitbread.2001}
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\newblock Ceramic {{Petrology}}, {{Clay Geochemistry}} and {{Ceramic
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\newblock In D.~R. Brothwell and A.~M. Pollard, editors, \emph{Handbook of
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\newblock ISBN 978-0-471-98484-9.

\bibitem[Wotzka(1993)]{Wotzka.1993}
H.-P. Wotzka.
\newblock {Zur Tradition der Keramikdeponierungen im {\"a}quatorialen Regenwald
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\newblock \emph{Ethnographisch Arch{\"a}ologische Zeitschrift}, 34:\penalty0
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