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.
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Clay. |
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Clay -- History.
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History. |
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Clay industries -- History.
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Clay industries. |
ISBN |
0425212092 paperback |
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9780425212097 paperback |
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