Ancient Old World pottery
Subtitle: materials, technology, and decoration
By: Walter Noll and Robert B. Heimann
Contributors: Heimann, R. B. (Robert Bertram), 1938-
Publisher: Schweizerbart Science Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9783510653362
Subjects: Pottery; Research; Slips (Ceramics); Ancient Pottery
Work titles: Alte Keramiken und ihre Pigmente
Description: Ancient ceramics are a mainstay of archaeological assemblages, second to nothing in their sheer number of finds at almost all sites and in all cultures pertaining to the last ten thousand years, and as such unsurpassed in their information potential. The authors summarise the development of ceramic technology throughout the Old World during Neolithic/ Chalcolithic/Bronze Ages. They base their study on mineralogical and chemical analyses of typical pottery fragments collected by the first author, Walter Noll during the last quarter of the past century. Readers and reviewers of the original German edition have often suggested the need for an updated English edition ofthis important work, finally undertaken by Robert B. Heimann. Chapters one to four comprehensively describe - in a very readable way - the principles of ancient ceramic technology largely based on Walter Noll?s own work, demonstrating the chemical, mineralogical and materials science background of this subject matter. Chapter 5 discusses the results of Noll?s analytical work on a limited number of ancient ceramic objects from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, Sistan, the Indus Valley, and Egypt to complement the scientific foundation laid down in the first chapters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and indexes.