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A bowl is a common open-top container used in many cultures to serve food
Food

Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be Eating or Drinking by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure....
, and is also used for drinking
Drinking

Drinking is the act of consuming water through the mouth. Water is required for many of life?s physiological processes. Both excessive and inadequate water intake are associated with health problems....
 and storing other items. They are typically small and shallow, although some, such as punch
Punch (drink)

Punch is a general term for any of a wide assortment of mixed drinks, either Soft drink or Alcoholic beverage, often rum, generally containing fruit or juice.....
 bowls and salad
Salad

Salad is a mixture of cold or hot foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains....
 bowls, are larger and often intended to serve many people.

Bowls have existed for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
, Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and in certain Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 cultures. Modern bowls can be made of ceramic
Ceramic

File:Bridge from dental porcelain.jpgFile:Qing vase p1070256.jpgA ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetal solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling....
, metal
Metal

In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....
, wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, and other materials.






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A bowl is a common open-top container used in many cultures to serve food
Food

Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be Eating or Drinking by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure....
, and is also used for drinking
Drinking

Drinking is the act of consuming water through the mouth. Water is required for many of life?s physiological processes. Both excessive and inadequate water intake are associated with health problems....
 and storing other items. They are typically small and shallow, although some, such as punch
Punch (drink)

Punch is a general term for any of a wide assortment of mixed drinks, either Soft drink or Alcoholic beverage, often rum, generally containing fruit or juice.....
 bowls and salad
Salad

Salad is a mixture of cold or hot foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains....
 bowls, are larger and often intended to serve many people.

Bowls have existed for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
, Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and in certain Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 cultures. Modern bowls can be made of ceramic
Ceramic

File:Bridge from dental porcelain.jpgFile:Qing vase p1070256.jpgA ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetal solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling....
, metal
Metal

In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....
, wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, and other materials. Their appearance can range from very simple designs of a single color to sophisticated art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
work.

Ancient history

In examining bowls found during an archaeological dig in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, the anthropologist
Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
 Vincas Steponaitis defines a bowl by its dimensions, writing that a bowl's diameter rarely falls under half its height and that historic bowls can be classified by their edge, or lip, and shape. The British/American standard soup bowl has a mouth, the opening not including the extent of its lip, with a diameter of 18.5 centimetres, and should be able to adequately accommodate at least 24 ounces of liquid.

In classical
Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome....
 Greece, small bowls, including phiale
Phiale (libation vessel)

A phiale is the name given in Typology of Greek Vase Shapes to a kind of ancient Greek Pottery of Ancient Greece or metallic vessel. Its form was that of a wide round shallow bowl without handles or a foot , principally used for making libations ....
s and patera
Patera

Patera may refer to:*A patera was a broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation*Patera is used in astrogeology to refer to shallow Impact craters with irregular, sometimes scallop rims...
s, and bowl-shaped cups called kylices
Kylix

Kylix may mean:*Kylix , a type of drinking cup used in ancient Greece*Kylix , a programming tool...
 were used. History of Ancient Pottery describes how phiales were used for libation
Libation

A libation is a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a deity. It was common in the religions of Ancient history, including Judaism:Isaiah uses libation as a metaphor when describing the end of the Suffering Servant figure who: "poured out his life unto death"....
s and included a small dent in the center for the bowl to be held with a finger, although one source indicates that these were used to hold perfume
Perfume

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell....
 rather than wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
. Some Mediterranean examples from the Bronze Age
Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
 manifest elaborate decoration and sophistication of design. For example the bridge spouted vessel
Bridge spouted vessel

A bridge spouted vessel is a particular design of pitcher originating in antiquity; there is typically a connecting element between the spout and filling aperture, and the spout is a completely independent aperture from the usually smaller central fill opening....
 design appeared in Minoan
Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. The Minoan culture flourished from approximately 27th century BC to 1450 BC; afterwards, Mycenaean Greece culture became dominant at Minoan sites in Crete....
holy cola con pipi at Phaistos
Phaistos

Phaistos , also transliteration as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 5.6 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea....
. In Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 pottery there are many elaborately painted bowls and other vessels dating to the Neolithic
Neolithic

The Neolithic period was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 Before the Christian Era in the Middle East that is traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age....
 period.

See also

  • Bridge spouted vessel
    Bridge spouted vessel

    A bridge spouted vessel is a particular design of pitcher originating in antiquity; there is typically a connecting element between the spout and filling aperture, and the spout is a completely independent aperture from the usually smaller central fill opening....
  • Buffet
    Buffet

    A buffet is a meal system where customer generally serve themselves. It is a popular method for feeding a large number of people with minimal staff....
  • List of eating utensils
    List of eating utensils

    This is a list of eating and serving implements.* Chopsticks* Drinking straws* Fork* Knife* Knork* Splayd* Spoon* Spork* Tongs...
  • Dishware
    Dishware

    Dishware is the general term for the dishes used in serving, and eating food, including plate s and bowls. Dinnerware is a synonym, especially meaning a set of dishes, including serving pieces....


External links

  • - On the website of the Archeological Institute of America. The Phiale is dated from 300 BC and is made of gold, includes pictures.