The Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity

by Rehder

Book Overview

Because pyrotechnology was considered a demeaning craft, there is very little about its practice in ancient texts; our knowledge of early developments is based almost entirely on interpretation of artifacts recovered by archaeology during the past century and a half. Literature in archaeology and anthropology, however, tends to concentrate on the artifact found rather than on how it was produced - on the pot or spearhead rather than the kiln or furnace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773530746
• ISBN13: 9780773530744
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"