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Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present (Paperback)
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Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present (Paperback)
Series: British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs
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Stone containers have been made and used in the Middle East for
over eleven millennia where they pre-dated the invention of pottery
and were widely traded. The appearance or properties of the stone
helped govern how stone vessels were valued or used and many
classes were strictly utilitarian, being used for storage, cooking
or lighting. Others were decorated and at times they were
considered valuable exotica, particularly in regions far removed
from their source areas. The subject of stone vessels is attracting
growing attention but this is the first attempt to bring together
different approaches to the study of softstone vessels,
particularly but not exclusively those carved from varieties of
chlorite, and covering all periods from prehistory to the present.
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