Why is there still so much Ancient Greek pottery in pretty good condition when most other objects from that era didn’t survive?

Question

Why is there still so much Ancient Greek pottery in pretty good condition when most other objects from that era didn’t survive?

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Answer 1

One thing people haven’t mentioned is when you loot and burn a village or an ancient burial tomb full of riches, people tend to leave the heavy/small pots behind in favor of all the other goodies. An archaeological site might have had everything from Roman, ottoman, or British expeditionary missions take things like statues, jewelry, etc and what’s left for the modern day to find in these abandoned ruins is tons of pots, lamps and crumbling walls