sherd

British  

/ ʃɜːd /

noun

1. a variant of shard

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Example Sentences

The team also employs an MR headset to compare 3D scanned ancient pottery sherds with physical ones, aiding in the analysis of inaccessible artifacts displayed in museums.

From Science Daily

Team members uncovered pottery shards or "sherds"; stone tools, including ceremonial weapons and fishing-net weights; animal and plant remains; and architecture.

From Science Daily

Burn marks and animal fat residues recovered from nearby pottery sherds confirmed that the horses were cooked and eaten, setting Patagonia apart from many cultures on the Great Plains of North America.

From Science Magazine

A pottery sherd bearing Smenkhkara’s name, found by Hawass’s team at a city called the “Dazzling Aten” near the Valley of the Kings, supports this view.

From Scientific American

“No amount of sieving, sherd counting, text criticism or ancient DNA analysis can alter that equation,” Greenberg says.

From Scientific American