Franco Banfi / Old pottery inside Carwash cenote, also known as Cenote Aktun Ha, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pascal Kobeh / A diver in front of antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea

Pascal Kobeh / A diver in front of antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea

Pascal Kobeh / Antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea

Pascal Kobeh / Divers on Palea Kameni wreck located in Santorini caldera with pieces of probably recent pottery laying on the bottom at the front of the ship, Santorini Island, Greece, Aegean Sea

Nick Upton / Insect hotel with a variety of crevices among broken pottery, drilled logs and wooden blocks, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Constantinos Petrinos / Cuban pottery craftsman in his workshop, Trinidad City, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, Caribbean, July 2008.

Ernie Janes / Pottery square, Bhaktapur UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. November 2014.

Ernie Janes / Pottery square, Bhaktapur UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. November 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local woman at pottery market, Niamey, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Terracotta pots at pottery market, Niamey, Niger, 2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Terracotta pots at pottery market, Niamey, Niger, 2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Terracotta pots at pottery market, Niamey, Niger, 2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Pots for sale at Mirriah pottery market, Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Man decorating pot at Mirriah pottery market, Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Terracotta pots at Mirriah pottery market, Niger, 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Bedik village huts, Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the Bassari, Fula and Bedik peoples. Septemb...

Ernie Janes / Houseleeks (Sempervivum) and Succulents in garden with pottery urn, UK, June

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman using a clay pot for carrying water from the river. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni N...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman making a clay pot. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007....

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman using a clay pot for carrying water from the river. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni N...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman making a clay pot. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007....

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman making a clay pot. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007....

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman using a clay pot for carrying water from the river. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni N...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman using a clay pot for carrying water from the river. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni N...

Jeff Rotman / Diver discovers Roman Amphora on sea floor. Ustica Island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver discovers Roman Amphora on sea floor. Ustica Island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea Model released.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon women placing pots in firing pit with rims touching sides to conduct the heat. Tireli, Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Shattil & Rozinski / Egyptian people and donkey outside pottery kiln, Nile Delta, Egypt, 2000

Kirkendall-Spring / Old porcelain jug in the window of Olmstead Cabin, Olmstead Place Heritage Area, Washington, USA

Pete Oxford / Woman selling pottery during Diwali festival, Bharatpur village. Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian (Ximena Cerda) making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Woman selling pottery in the market during Diwali Festival, Bharatpur village, Rajasthan, India, 2006

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian (Ximena Cerda) making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of bird 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of beetle 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of deer 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of animals 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of beetle 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of bat 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of mammal 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

Gerry Ellis / Masai artifact, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Zaparo Indian woman painting ceramic pot, Llanchamacocha, Amazonia, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Potter working in Potter's Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal.

John Cancalosi / Two flying insects depicted on Mimbres bowl, New Mexico, USA

Bernard Castelein / Loading pots onto boat at jetty Majuli Island, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Potter turning clay pot on wheel, Majuli Island, Assam, India

Roberto Rinaldi / Person diving with ancient amphora, probably from Roman age, Giglio, Italy. Model released.

Peter Scoones / Diver carrying amphora up from seabed. Mediterranean

Robert Pickett / Wood mouse, (Apodemus sylvaticus), in terracotta plant pots at night, UK