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001 2005298209
003 DLC
005 20140204073959.0
008 050617s2004 enkaf b 101 0 eng d
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020 $a9781844720392
020 $a184472039X (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm56911728
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050 00 $aQE359.A1$bS65 2004
082 04 $a306$222
245 00 $aSoils, stones and symbols :$bcultural perceptions of the mineral world /$cedited by Nicole Boivin & Mary Ann Owoc.
260 $aLondon :$bUCL ;$aPortland, Ore. :$bCavendish Publishing,$cc2004.
300 $axiv, 235 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
500 $aHeld 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tFrom veneration to exploitation: human engagement with the mineral world /$rNicole Boivin --$tOchre, clay, stone and art: the symbolic importance of minerals as life-force among aboriginal peoples of northern and central Australia /$rPaul SC Taçon --$tFrom the earth: minerals and meaning in the Hopewellian world /$rDouglas K. Charles ... [et al.] --$tThe mirror of the sun: surface, mineral applications and interface in California rock-art /$rDavid Robinson --$tA phenomenology of the buried landscape: soil as material culture in the bronze age of south-west Britain /$rMary Ann Owoc --$tThe cosmic earth: materiality and mineralogy in the Americas /$rNicholas J. Saunders --$tAn axe to grind: symbolic considerations of stone axe use in ancient Australia /$rAdam Brumm --$tGeoarchaeology and the goddess Laksmi: Rajasthani insights into geoarchaeological methods and prehistoric soil use /$rNicole Boivin --$tChoosing stones, remembering places: geology and intention in the megalithic monuments of Western Europe /$rChris Scarre --$tReading the earth: philosophy in/of the field /$rRobert Frodeman --$gEpilogue:$tHumans in a mineral world /$rMary Ann Owoc.
650 0 $aMinerals$xHistory$vCongresses.
650 0 $aMinerals$xReligious aspects$vCongresses.
650 0 $aMinerals$xSocial aspects$vCongresses.
650 0 $aStone$xReligious aspects$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSoils$xReligious aspects$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSymbolic anthropology$vCongresses.
650 0 $aArchaeology$vCongresses.
650 0 $aFolklore$vCongresses.
650 0 $aMineral industries, Prehistoric$vCongresses.
650 0 $aGems$xSocial aspects$vCongresses.
653 1 $aStones
653 1 $aMineral world
653 1 $aArchaeologists
653 1 $aEAA
700 1 $aBoivin, Nicole,$cPh. D.
700 1 $aOwoc, Mary Ann.
710 2 $aEuropean Association of Archaeologists.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005298209-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005298209-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005298209-t.html