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Author Staubach, Suzanne.

Title Clay : the history and evolution of humankind's relationship with Earth's most primal element / Suzanne Staubach.

Publication Info. New York : Berkley ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2006.

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 Moore Stacks  TA455.C55 S73 2006    Available  ---
Description xv, 288 pages : illustrations
Contents Cooking pots and storage jars : porridge, ale, and international commerce -- Hearth and home : ovens, heat and the invention of baking -- The first machine and the development of an industry -- Set the table : from a simple bowl to a 2,200-piece dinner set -- A word or two : the invention of writing and books -- The most popular building material : cities, walls and floors of mud -- Sanitation : a nice hot bath, a drink of water, and don't forget to flush -- Farming made easy : irrigation, propagation, and incubation -- Electricity, transporation, and rocket science -- To your health -- Art, toys, gods, goddesses, and fertility -- A fitting death : urns, gravestones, companions, and thieves -- Appendix a: how to make your own pinch pot -- Appendix b: museums.
Subject Clay.
Clay.
Clay -- History.
History.
Clay industries -- History.
Clay industries.
ISBN 0425212092 paperback
9780425212097 paperback