The Materiality of Stone

With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone.

[A]rchaeology needs thinkers of Tilley's original cast of mind.

Autorentext

Christopher Tilley Professor of Anthropology,University College London

Inhalt

Contents1 From Body to Place to Landscape: A Phenomenological Perspective2 Sprouting Rhizomes and Giant Axes: Experiencing Breton Menhirs3 From Honey to Ochre: Maltese Temples, Stones, Substances and the Structuring of Experience4 Frozen Waves and Anomalous Stones: Rock Carvings and Cairns in a Southern Swedish Landscape5 Conclusions: The Past as Dreamwork