Hidden Origins of Metallurgy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798247289296)

A sweeping exploration of humanity's oldest and most transformative craft, Hidden Origins of Metallurgy traces the symbolic journey from the first spark to the modern world. Moving through archaeology, anthropology, cognition, ritual, and technological imagination, the book uncovers the forgotten layers beneath contemporary life, revealing how ore, fire, and metal shaped not only tools and societies but the human mind itself. From ancient furnaces to digital laboratories, from buried cosmologies to modern metaphors of identity and mastery, this work restores the deep continuity between material transformation and meaning. It is a meditation on ingenuity, ambition, and the enduring power of shaping matter, a return to the primal gesture that forged both civilization and imagination.

Author: Marcello Avallone
ISBN-13: 9798247289296
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2026
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d