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  2. Huishan clay figurine - Wikipedia

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    Huishan clay figurines are clay figures with concise and full shape, smooth and lively lines, bright and eye-catching colours and ingenious and meticulous ideas. The raw material of Huishan clay figurines is black mud, which is taken from the foothills about 1 meter below the ground on the northeast slope of Huishan Mountain.

  3. Expansive clay - Wikipedia

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    Expansive clay is a clay soil that is prone to large volume changes (swelling and shrinking) that are directly related to changes in water content. Soils with a high content of expansive minerals can form deep cracks in drier seasons or years; such soils are called vertisols.

  4. Clay - Wikipedia

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    Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 4). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as a reddish or brownish colour from small amounts of iron oxide .

  5. Minoan civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos are popular tourist attractions. The Minoan civilization developed from the local ...

  6. Bidriware - Wikipedia

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    Bidriware undergoes an eight-stage process: moulding, smoothening by file, designing by chisels, engraving by chisel and hammer, pure silver inlaying, smoothening again, buffing and finally oxidising by soil and ammonium chloride. Bidriware is made from cast white brass (copper-zinc ratio of 1:16).

  7. Poland in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Cremated remains were either placed in urns or simply buried in hollows. Burial gifts did not include weapons or tools. They did include clay vessels, decorations, personal ornaments, and — if the deceased had been wealthy enough to own a horse — spurs.