Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present

Stone containers have been made and used in the Middle East for over eleven millennia where they pre-dated the invention of pottery. This is the first attempt to bring together different approaches to the study of softstone vessels, particularly those carved from varieties of chlorite, and covering all periods from prehistory to the present.

• | : Carl S. Phillips, St John Simpson (Senior Curator and Archaeologist, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum) (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Archaeopress
• | Publication Date: Aug 13, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1784919926
• | ISBN-13: 9781784919924