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

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. Publisher: Archaeopress Illustration(s): Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white Number of pages: 280 Collection: British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs Publication date: 2018 Dimensions: 205 x 290 x 25 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): St John (Senior Curator and Archaeologist, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum) Simpson