An edition of SOILS, STONES AND SYMBOLS: CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE MINERAL WORLD; ED. BY NICOLE BOIVIN
(2004)
Soils, stones and symbols
cultural perceptions of the mineral world
by Nicole Boivin
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Excavations (archaeology), Anthropology, Minerals, Congresses, History, Stone, Soils, Symbolic anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore, Prehistoric Mineral industries, Gems, Minéraux, Congrès, Histoire, Aspect religieux, Aspect social, Pierre, Sols, Symbolisme en anthropologie, Archéologie, Mines préhistoriques, Religious aspects, Social aspects| Edition | Availability |
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Soils, stones and symbols: cultural perceptions of the mineral world
2004, UCL, Cavendish Publishing
in English
184472039X 9781844720392
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Table of 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 ... [et al.]
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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