hearth
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Radiocarbon dating places the hearth from the second layer at roughly 3,000 years old.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
The hearth, where many of these dishes were made, was the one source of heat for many families, especially in the countryside.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
“A Child’s Christmas in Wales” aptly reflects the way that holiday images randomly flare up and recede within the bright hearth of recollection, memories made mutable by the passage of time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
There was every article of furniture looking just as it did on the morning I was first introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst: the very rug he had stood upon still covered the hearth.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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