Application of heat to clay transforms it into a ceramic, and thus the history and technical features of structures supplying that heat - kilns - are of considerable importance. The 14 chapters in this volume discuss ancient and historic kilns from the viewpoint of their excavation, their operational principles, and their contributions to an understanding of ceramic production within ancient economies.
ISBN: | 9781574980264 |
Publication date: | 15th March 2006 |
Author: | Prudence M. Rice |
Publisher: | Wiley-American Ceramic Society an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Inc |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 262 pages |
Genres: |
Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering The Arts: techniques and principles |