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  1. Iron Age potters at Dinka fired low, slow, and together. New research reconstructs an entire production system, showing conservative technology, shared knowledge, and underestimated urban organization in the Zagros. #Archaeology #IronAge #Pyrotechnology #Zagros anthropology.net/p/fire-clay-a

  2. 🌿🗿 12,000-year-old masterpiece! Tiny clay figurine of a woman & goose from Israel reveals early humans mastered pyrotechnology (firing clay at 400°C) & symbolic art—thousands of years before settled societies. Seeds of myth & creativity blooming! Read more: thedebrief.org/12000-year-old-

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    #GoodNews #AncientArt #Pyrotechnology #HumanOrigins #ArchaeologyWin

  3. Even more: Already in their seminal works on #Neolithic #lime and #gypsum plasters, Kingery et al. (quite fittingly) described this technology as "The Beginnings of #Pyrotechnology" (J. Field Arch. 2(1/2), 1975 + J. Field Arch. 15, 1988):

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