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Ancient Firing Technologies

Ancient Firing Technologies is a methodological construct in archaeological science that encompasses the systematic techniques and controlled thermal processes employed in antiquity for transforming raw materials, particularly ceramics and metals, through high-temperature heating in purpose-built structures such as kilns and furnaces.

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2017–2026

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On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe

Wil Roebroeks, Paola Villa · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 686 citations

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Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean, Andy I.R. Herries et al. · Science · 2009 · 583 citations

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Greek and Roman Artillery: Technical Treatises

Wilson McLeod, Éric Marsden · The American Historical Review · 1972 · 137 citations

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Processes of Formation and Alteration of Archaeological Fire Structures: Complexity Viewed in the Light of Experimental Approaches

Ramiro Javier March, Alexandre Lucquin, Delphine Joly et al. · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · 2012 · 104 citations

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History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder

Henry M. Leicester, J. R. Partington · Technology and Culture · 1961 · 98 citations

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Marc Walton

    Northwestern University, United States

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  2. KT
    Karen Trentelman

    Getty Conservation Institute, United States

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  3. BF
    Brendan Foran

    The Aerospace Corporation, United States

    3 publications · 90 citations

    4

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  4. AM
    Apurva Mehta

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  5. IC
    Ilaria Cianchetta

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    2 publications · 65 citations

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Institutions

129

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    979 citations

  2. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

    Menlo Park, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

  3. The Aerospace Corporation

    El Segundo, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    115 citations

  4. Getty Conservation Institute

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    230 citations

  5. J. Paul Getty Museum

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    180 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    189 citations

  7. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  8. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    643 citations

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  1. Archaeometry

    7 publications · 163 citations

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  2. Journal of Field Archaeology

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  3. Quaternary International

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    1 publications · 25 citations

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