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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Prudence M Rice |
| ISBN: | 0226711188 9780226711188 9780226711164 0226711161 |
| OCLC Number: | 14359128 |
| Description: | xxiv, 559 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | Pottery and Its History -- Pottery and Ceramics: Definitions and Products -- History of Pottery and Ceramics -- Pottery and Ceramics in the Old World -- The Near East -- The Far East -- Europe and the Mediterranean -- Pottery in the New World -- Overview of Pottery Studies -- The Raw Materials of Pottery Making -- Clays: Their Origin and Definitions -- Earth Materials -- Feldspars, Weathering, and Clay Origins -- Definitions of Clays -- Depositional Situation of Clays -- Granulometry of Clays -- Chemical Definitions of Clays -- Mineralogical Definitions of Clays -- Phyllosilicates -- Lath-Structure Clays -- Commercial Uses of Clays -- Functional Definitions of Clays -- Properties of Clays I: The Clay/Water System -- The Clay/Water System -- Plasticity -- Factors Influencing Plasticity -- Measuring Plasticity -- Drying and Shrinkage -- Water in the System -- Processes of Drying and Shrinkage -- Drying Defects and Green Strength -- Measuring Shrinkage -- Inclusions and Impurities -- Coarse Inclusions -- Colloids, Ions, and Organics -- Properties of Clays II: Firing Behavior -- Variables of Firing -- Physical and Chemical Changes in Firing -- Loss of Volatiles -- Changes in the Clay Minerals -- Changes in Inclusions and Impurities -- Quartz -- Feldspar -- Calcium -- Glaze Formation -- The Thermal Reaction Sequence -- The Fired Product: Stresses and Defects -- Some Considerations of Firing Technology -- Pottery Manufacture and Use -- Pottery Manufacturing Technology: An Ethnographic Overview -- Ethnographic Pottery Studies. |
| Responsibility: | Prudence M. Rice. |
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