Clay : the history and evolution of humankind's relationship with Earth's most primal element /
Staubach, Suzanne.
Clay : the history and evolution of humankind's relationship with Earth's most primal element / Suzanne Staubach. - New York : London : Berkley ; Turnaround [distributor], 2006. - p. cm.
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.
0425212092 (pbk.) 9780425212097 (pbk.)
GBA671960 bnb
013536868 Uk
Clay.
Clay--History.
Clay industries--History.
Arcilla.
Arcilla--Historia.
TA 455 / S798c 2006
Clay : the history and evolution of humankind's relationship with Earth's most primal element / Suzanne Staubach. - New York : London : Berkley ; Turnaround [distributor], 2006. - p. cm.
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.
0425212092 (pbk.) 9780425212097 (pbk.)
GBA671960 bnb
013536868 Uk
Clay.
Clay--History.
Clay industries--History.
Arcilla.
Arcilla--Historia.
TA 455 / S798c 2006