Softstone : approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present
Record details
- ISBN: 9781784919931
- ISBN: 1784919934
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
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Computer data. - Publisher: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User. Previously issued in print: 2018. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- by Carl S. Phillips and St John Simpson; Introduction -- by Carl Phillips and St John Simpson; Middle Holocene Omani jewels: thoughts on the production of softstone earrings -- by Donatella Usai; Wood-worked and metal-shocked: softstone vessels in the Bronze and early Iron Age eastern Mediterranean -- by Andrew Bevan; Alabaster vessels: manufacture, function and distribution (4th to 2nd millennia BC) -- by Mich�ele Casanova; Three examples of 3rd millennium BC softstone vessel imports found in Syria -- by H�el�ene David; Un exemple de production et de diffusion du style 'Interculturel' : les representations architecturales en Mesopotamie, Iran et dans le Golfe Persique au IIIe millenaire av. J.-C. -- by Adrien Berthelot; A painted chlorite 'hut model' vessel in the British Museum -- by St John Simpson; Remarks on the iconography of the 'Intercultural Style' -- by Sylvia Winkelmann; The question of workshops and chronology in the Wadi Suq period -- by Christian Velde; The steatite cooking bowl of the 1st millennium BC and early 1st millennium AD in South Arabia: archaeological views and cultural dynamics -- by W.D. Glanzman; The distribution and provenance of ancient South Arabian steatite-tempered pottery: a thin-section analysis -- by Alexandra Porter; Ancient South Arabian softstone vessels in the British Museum -- by Carl S. Phillips and St John Simpson; 'Of cooking pots let him choose those made of stone': the manufacture, circulation and function of chlorite cooking pots and other objects in the Middle East and Central Asia during the Sasanian and medieval periods -- by St John Simpson; Softstone at Siraf -- by Sarah Jennings; Imported medieval stone vessels and other items from Merv and Nysa -- by L.A. Kuraeva; A collection of stone utensils from the Merv oasis, southern Turkmenistan -- by Z.I. Usmanova and V. Tikhomirov; Notes on the production of stone cooking pots in Mashhad, Iran -- by M.G. Konieczny; Yemeni stone vessels: a different perspective. The use and interpretation of stone vessels by the Jews of Yemen -- by Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper; The contemporary softstone industry in Jabal R�azi�h, north-west Yemen -- by Shelagh Weir; Cumulative bibliography. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Target Audience Note: | Specialized. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2018). |