| The Cook Fire We all recognize this evening ritual the camp fire. For some it is a little drive to "Micky D's." It is not always obvious, but there is a cook fire there somewhere. This is our human heritage. |
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 The Cooking Fire, Our Evening Respite |
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 When the fire dies to embers, out come the marshmallows. |
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| As simple as this is, this is it! Here are the beginnings of the first kiln, the first forge, and the first furnace. Pages follow which explore these three early ideas. |
| Three Basic Prototypes | ||
  Very Ancient Ceramics Kiln 26,000 bce. Vandiver, Pamela, and others. 1989 "The Origins of Ceramic Technology at Dolni Vestonice, Chechoslovakia." Science, vol. 246, pp 1002-1008.. |
 Ancient Egyptian Forge Gutenberg EBook: History Of Egypt, Chald, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 2 (of 12), by G. Maspero |
 The Early Furnace Starr, Richard, PhD, 1939 Nuzi, Report on the Exccavations at Yorgan Tepa, 1927-1931, Harvard University Press |
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