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xiv, 235 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm |
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Held as a conference session entitled 'Soils, stones and symbols: cultural perceptions of the mineral world' at the European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2001 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Contents: From veneration to exploitation: human engagement with the mineral world / Nicole Boivin -- Ochre, clay, stone and art: the symbolic importance of minerals as life-force among aboriginal peoples of northern and central Australia / Paul SC Taçon -- From the earth: minerals and meaning in the Hopewellian world / Douglas K. Charles, Julieann Van Nest and Jane E Buikstra -- Earth, wood and fire: materiality and stonehenge / Mike Parker Pearson -- The mirror of the sun: surface, mineral applications and interface in California rock-art / David Robinson -- A phenomenology of the buried landscape: soil as material culture in the bronze age of south-west Britain / Mary Ann Owoc -- The cosmic earth: materiality and mineralogy in the Americas / Nicholas J. Saunders -- An axe to grind: symbolic considerations of stone axe use in ancient Australia /Adam Brumm -- Geoarchaeology and the goddess Laksmi: Rajasthani insights into geoarchaeological methods and prehistoric soil use /Nicole Boivin -- Choosing stones, remembering places: geology and intention in the megalithic monuments of Western Europe / Chris Scarre -- Reading the earth: philosophy in/of the field / Robert Frodeman -- Epilogue: humans in a mineral world / Mary Ann Owoc |
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Minerals -- History -- Congresses
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Minerals -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Minerals -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Stone -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Soils -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Symbolic anthropology -- Congresses
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Archaeology -- Congresses
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Folklore -- Congresses
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Mineral industries, Prehistoric -- Congresses
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Stones
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Mineral world
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Archaeologists
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EAA
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Boivin, Nicole, Ph. D
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Owoc, Mary Ann
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European Association of Archaeologists
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