ISBN:
9781844720392
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (250 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 gain, or as passive objects of disembodied scientific enquiry. In visiting such diverse contexts as contemporary India, colonial-period Australia and prehistoric Europe and the Americas, the
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; 1 FROM VENERATION TO EXPLOITATION: HUMAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MINERAL WORLD; 2 OCHRE, CLAY, STONE AND ART: THE SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS AS LIFE-FORCE AMONG ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AUSTRALIA; 3 FROM THE EARTH: MINERALS AND MEANING IN THE HOPEWELLIAN WORLD; 4 EARTH, WOOD AND FIRE: MATERIALITY AND STONEHENGE; 5 THE MIRROR OF THE SUN: SURFACE, MINERAL APPLICATIONS AND INTERFACE IN CALIFORNIA ROCK-ART
Description / Table of Contents:
6 A PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE BURIED LANDSCAPE: SOIL AS MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE BRONZE AGE OF SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN7 THE COSMIC EARTH: MATERIALITY AND MINERALOGY IN THE AMERICAS; 8 AN AXE TO GRIND: SYMBOLIC CONSIDERATIONS OF STONE AXE USE IN ANCIENT AUSTRALIA; 9 GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND THE GODDESS LAKSMI: RAJASTHANI INSIGHTS INTO GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS AND PREHISTORIC SOIL USE; 10 CHOOSING STONES, REMEMBERING PLACES: GEOLOGY AND INTENTION IN THE MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF WESTERN EUROPE; 11 READING THE EARTH: PHILOSOPHY IN/OF THE FIELD; 12 EPILOGUE: HUMANS IN A MINERAL WORLD; INDEX
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