Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Khnum, Mica, Aluminium Oxide
1 Feb 2017
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25,000 (cid:883)8,(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:882) bc(cid:524); ex. of (cid:498)willendorf venus(cid:499) from austria; but from doln . V stonice earliest ceramic exx. (cid:523)made of clay + something else, in this case powdered bone, to produce rock-hard material after firing) Importance of combination of two dissimilar substances to produce something different from either of a fertility goddess (or perhaps simply the female principle in life) Similar things in stone were known long before from the same period (c. 1951), a settlement of five huts, dated to c. 25,000 bc. One hut, apart from the others, contains a domed oven, used for baking. Aim was to fire not pottery, but small figurines, including some sort of image. Hand made clay object, baked in different ways, starting from primitive things about 25 000 bc. Fabric is materials that things are made up of. When talking about fabric hear talking about the things in clay to make pots and things.
