Eros, mercator and the cultural landscape of Melos in classical antiquity : the archaeology of the minerals industries of Melos

1. Verfasser: Photos-Jones, Effie.
Weitere Verfasser: Hall, A. J.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Glasgow : Potingair Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: 249 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Early materials and practices series
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Prologue. On tradesmen, bath-attendants and men-in-business; 1. Why earths, and why earths now?; 2. Nature's own material culture on Melos; 3. Earths, the name commonly given by all Greeks...; 4. 'A cluster of niches exploited with tenacity and ingenuity...'; 5. On earths and rock-cut features: the SE Melos Survey (SEMS) methodology; 6. Mining, farming and honouring the dead in SE Melos; 7. A tale of two sites; 8. The archaeology of minerals in SE Melos: facts and hypotheses; 9. From mineralogy to microbiology ...via phenomenology, a return journey