Guide & Dataset: “Burning the Bones of the Earth” Documenting the Traditional Lime Kilns Technology Across the Albanian-Greek Border
A guide to the project ‘Burning the Bones of the Earth’, which was initiated in November 2021 and concluded two years later, and after extensive field research in several locations of Epirus in NW Greece and in regions of S. Albania. Its objective was to trace and document the traditional craftsmanship of wood-fired, flare-type lime kilns on both sides of the border; to explore the knowledge, practice, and social dimensions regarding the lime kiln technology and the ways it evolved in the two neighbouring countries.
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The file is available in English.
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- Inclusive and adapted to people far from training and employment
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