POTTERY IN THE MAKING : WORLD CERAMIC TRADITIONS

By Ian Freestone, British Museum, Museum of Mankind Staff

Starting with the basic question, What is pottery?, this work investigates why and how ceramics have been made throughout the world ever since humans first began manipulating clay during the Stone Age, over 12,000 years ago. Drawing on the ceramic collections of the British Museum, and the work of its scientific staff, 25 contributors examine the evidence for more than 30 pottery traditions. These range from prehistoric Japan, ancient Egypt, and pre-Hispanic Peru through classical Greece, Ming China and medieval and Renaissance Europe, right up to contemporary Africa and India.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071411782X
• ISBN13: 9780714117829
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.