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Deconstructing the ‘Gandhāra still’: a new challenge to the accepted trajectory of early distillation technology

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The ‘Gandhāra still’ has been an influential element in the archaeology of south-central Asia for decades. This project combines archival research, material synthesis and experimental evaluation to reappraise this eminent and pervasive reconstruction, and to systematically dismiss an assumed component in the history of distillation.

Source: Antiquity

DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2024.174

Author: Nicholas Groat

Institution: University of Sheffield

Language: English

Topic: Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities

Award: G6715731799