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Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World
258 Pages
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Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
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Routledge
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Ethnographic and archaeological records feature a rich body of data suggesting that understandings of the mineral world are in fact both culturally variable and highly diverse. Soils, Stones and Symbols highlights studies from the fields of anthropology, archaeology and philosophy that demonstrate that not all individuals and societies view minerals as commodities to be exploited for economic... Read more
Chapter 1 From Veneration to Exploitation, Nicole Boivin; Chapter 2 Ochre, Clay, Stone and Art, Paul SC Taçon; Chapter 3 From the Earth, Douglas K Charles, Julieann Van Nest, Jane E Buikstra; Chapter 4 Earth, Wood and Fire, Mike Parker Pearson; Chapter 5 The Mirror of the Sun, David Robinson; Chapter 6 A Phenomenology of the Buried Landscape, Mary Ann Owoc; Chapter 7 The Cosmic Earth, Nicholas J Saunders; Chapter 8 An Axe to Grind, Adam Brumm; Chapter 9 Geoarchaeology and the Goddess Laksmi, Nicole Boivin; Chapter 10 Choosing Stones, Remembering Places, Chris Scarre; Chapter 11 Reading the Earth, Robert Frodeman; Chapter 12 Epilogue, Mary Ann Owoc;
Biography
Boivin, Nicole; Owic,
