Architectures of fire : processes, space and agency in pyrotechnologies / edited by Dragoş Gheorghiu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gheorghiu, Dragos, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire--History.

Fire.

Dwellings, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, [2019]

Summary:

Papers presented here originate from a session held during the 2015 Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (Glasgow). The contributors attempt to present the entanglement between the physical phenomenon of fire, the pyro-technological instrument that it is, its material supports, and the human being.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Contributors

Introduction

Dragoş Gheorghiu

A Song of Space and Fire: Is There a Pyrotechnical Architecture of the African Middle Stone Age?

Silje Evjenth Bentsen and Sarah Wurz

Firing the Earth. The Early Neolithic Ovens of Portonovo (Marche, Italy)

Cecilia Conati Barbaro, Chiara La Marca, Vanessa Forte, Giacomo Eramo, Italo M. Muntoni and Alberto Rossi

Architectures of Fire: The Pyro-proximities of the Chalcolithic Dwelling

Italian Pottery Kilns and Production Areas from the Bronze Age to the Archaic Period (2200-500 BC). A Typological Approach

Agostino Sotgia

Shifting Focus: Expanding the Potential of Experimental Metallurgical Reconstructions

Jessica L. Slater

Ergonomics as a Tool for Fire Structures Reconstruction. Case Study of a Kiln Located in the Garncarskie Rock Shelter in Polish Jura Chain

Michał Wojenka and Małgorzata Kot.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78969-368-3