Ancient cookware from the Levant : an ethnoarchaeological perspective /

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Main Author: London, Gloria (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Sheffield, UK : Equinox, 2016.

Series: Worlds of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean.

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Call Number: DS56 .L66 2016

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245 1 0 |a Ancient cookware from the Levant :   |b an ethnoarchaeological perspective /   |c Gloria London. 
264 1 |a Sheffield, UK :   |b Equinox,   |c 2016. 
300 |a xiv, 312 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 28 cm. 
490 0 |a Worlds of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Part I. Traditional ceramics in the Levant and Cyprus -- The Levantine Corridor and Cyprus : geographical parameters -- Ancient data sources : excavations and ancient texts -- Modern data sources : government reports, early visitors, and ethnoarchaeology -- Ceramic ethnoarchaeology -- Clay deposits, traditional mining, and clay preparation in Cyprus -- Manufacturing technique for Cypriot red clays -- Traditional firing techniques for ceramics -- How to treat clay pots prior to use with food -- Making breads, roasting grains, and cooking other food -- Foods processed, preserved, distilled, or transported in ceramics -- How to clean clay pots -- Part II. Ancient manufacturing techniques for cookware -- Ancient clay containers to process, cook, and preserve food -- Ancient manufacturing techniques and clay bodes -- Part III. Cookware through the ages -- Neolithic and Chalcolithic cookware -- Early Bronze Age cookware -- Middle and late Bronze Age cookware -- Iron Age and Persian era cookware -- Classical era cookware -- Medieval era cookware -- Late Ottoman/Mandate and recent wheel-thrown ceramics -- Late Ottoman/Mandate and recent handmade ceramics -- Implications of ethnoarchaeological studies for ancient cookware -- Glossary. 
650 0 |a Pottery, Ancient  |z Middle East. 
650 0 |a Pottery, Ancient  |z Cyprus. 
650 0 |a Cookware  |z Middle East  |x History  |y To 1500. 
650 0 |a Cookware  |z Cyprus  |x History  |y To 1500. 
651 0 |a Middle East  |x Antiquities. 
651 0 |a Cyprus  |x Antiquities. 
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