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African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present: Techniques, Identification and Distribution
Anne Haour
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Description for African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present: Techniques, Identification and Distribution
Paperback. African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w and col illus, English and French text. BIC Classification: 1H; AFP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516.
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration.
This book sets out, for the first time, a solid typology for the classification of African pottery decorated with such tools, and forges a consensus on common methodology and standards. It gives an overview of history of research into roulette decoration in Africa and elsewhere Jomon Japan, Neolithic Europe, Siberia, and New York among ... Read more
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration.
This book sets out, for the first time, a solid typology for the classification of African pottery decorated with such tools, and forges a consensus on common methodology and standards. It gives an overview of history of research into roulette decoration in Africa and elsewhere Jomon Japan, Neolithic Europe, Siberia, and New York among ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842179680
SKU
V9781842179680
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Reviews for African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present: Techniques, Identification and Distribution
The volume has been produced by archaeologists specifically for archaeologists, and the illustrations of the potters in action (on the cover), and more essentially of their rouletting tools and the resulting impressed effects on the vessesl before firing, offer excavators in eastern as well as western Africa a source of reference and system of classification as they sort their decorated ... Read more