Social and technological aspects of mining, smelting and casting copper : an ethnoarchaeological study from Nepal
| 1. Verfasser: |
Anfinset, Nils.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Bochum :
Selbstverlag des Deutschen Bergbau-Museums Bochum,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
143 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum ;
Nr. 181 |
| Schlagworte: |
Ethnologie
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| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Nepal |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The setting of the study
- Ethnoarchaeology as an approach
- Material culture, technology, rituals and space
- Mining and smelting of copper in Okharbot, Western Nepal
- Lost-wax casting in Lalitpur Kathmandu Valley
- The technological process and context
- Identity of the metal workers
- Symbolic and economic aspects of copper
- Culture-historical implications of metal working.
