1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIASUN0020873

Autore

Kraus, Karl

Titolo

1: Teoria e applicazioni / Karl Kraus ; traduzione ed ampliamento di Sergio Dequal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Levrotto & Bella, 1994

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 518 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786226403321

Titolo

African pottery roulettes past and present : techniques, identification and distribution / / edited by A. Haour [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn. : , : Oxbow Books, , 2010

ISBN

1-84217-875-X

1-299-48502-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps

Altri autori (Persone)

HaourAnne

Disciplina

738.3096

Soggetti

Pottery, African - Technique

Pottery, African - Identification

Artists' tools - Africa

Pottery - Africa - Marks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Modern roulettes in sub-Saharan Africa -- section 2. A method of identification for rolled impressed decorations.

Sommario/riassunto

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 amon