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Archaeology of Touchstones : an introduction based on finds from Birka, Sweden.

Did ancient Europeans truly believe in an active after-life, as modern Europeans would like to think they did? What purpose did grave-goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed, once and for all, a curse placed upon them at their inception as research d...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ježek, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : SIdestone Press, 2017.
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505 0 |a Intro; Acknowledgements; Introduction; General issues; The (pre)historic background â#x80;#x93; in brief; Prehistory in archaeology and prehistory in practice; Not just stones; Archaeology, myths and archaeological myths; Longue durée symbols of elite status; A symbol for the dead of all ages; Analysed touchstones from Birka burials; Metals on touchstones from Birka and elsewhere; Nickel appearance; On the limits of SEM analysis; A lesson from the deep; Forgotten star witnesses, or Conclusion; The petrographic qualities of analysed touchstones from Birka burials, and their description; References. 
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