Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Herausgeber: Boivin, Nicole; Owic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights studies from anthropology, archaeology and philosophy that demonstrate that not all individuals and societies view minerals as commodities to be exploited for economic gain, or passive objects of disembodied scientific enquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9781138151932
• ISBN-10: 1138151939
• Artikelnr.: 75441048

Autorenporträt

Boivin, Nicole; Owic,

Inhaltsangabe

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;