CiNii 図書 - Soils, stones and symbols : cultural perceptions of the mineral world

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Soils, stones and symbols : cultural perceptions of the mineral world

edited by Nicole Boivin & Mary Ann Owoc

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012, c2004

"First published in Great Britain 2004 by UCL Press"--T.p. verso

"... held at the European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2001."--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 / David Robinson
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