Selin, Helaine, ed. Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. 2nd ed. Springer, 2008.Scholarly entries on broad or specific aspects of science, mostly related to pre-colonial traditions. Much to be found related to the arts, including separate articles on ancient metallurgy in 13 cultures around the world, or another 8 for textile traditions, and 8 for ceramics. Also covers dyes, paper making, woodworking, building construction technologies, beads, this, and that.
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