A Taste for Green by Ben Nelson
Examines the appeal, acquisition, exchange and cultural significance of artefacts made from distinctive green rocks widely circulated throughout prehistoric Europe and the Americas
The nine interesting case studies gathered in this volume amply demonstrate distinctive human responses to green stone objects that extend across vast geographical areas and long periods of time* Antiquity *
Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán obtained his PhD at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela where he is a post-doctoral researcher specialising in lithic technologies, experimental archaeology and late prehistoric rock art. Ben A. Nelson is professor of anthropology at Arizona State University. His research focuses on cycles of social complexity and connectivity among the ancient cultures of northwestern Mexico and the American Southwest, especially from A.D. 200-1540, on human roles in and responses to the desertification of grasslands in those regions and on relating archaeology to indigenous cultures of the present day. Ramón Fábregas Valcarce is professor of Prehistory at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and is a specialist in the lithic industry of the late prehistory of Northwestern Iberia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789252743 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789252741 |
| Title | A Taste for Green |
| Author | Ramn Fbregas Valcarce |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxbow Books |
| Year published | 2020-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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