1. Broken pieces or fragments of pottery or ceramic vessels, especially those found at archaeological sites.
Usage: Plural of potsherd; Commonly used in archaeology and anthropology

Examples

• Archaeologists carefully excavated potsherds from the ancient settlement to date the site.
• The museum displayed a collection of potsherds from various civilizations.
• Scattered potsherds across the hillside indicated that a village once thrived there.
• By analyzing the potsherds, researchers could identify the pottery styles of different periods.
• The dig site yielded thousands of potsherds that helped reconstruct daily life in the past.
• Potsherds are often the most abundant artifacts found at archaeological excavations.