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Heraldry for the Dead: Memory, Identity, and the Engraved Stone Plaques of Neolithic Iberia
Katina T. Lillios
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 253 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
In the late 1800s, archaeologists began discovering engraved stone plaques in Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) graves in southern Portugal and Spain. About the size of one's palm, usually made of slate, and incised with geometric or, more rarely, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs, these plaques have mystified generations of researchers. What do their symbols signify? How were the plaques produced? Were they worn during an individual's lifetime, or only made at the time of their death? Why, indeed, were the plaques made at all? Employing an eclectic range of theoretical and methodological lenses, Katina Lillios surveys all ... Read more
In the late 1800s, archaeologists began discovering engraved stone plaques in Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) graves in southern Portugal and Spain. About the size of one's palm, usually made of slate, and incised with geometric or, more rarely, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs, these plaques have mystified generations of researchers. What do their symbols signify? How were the plaques produced? Were they worn during an individual's lifetime, or only made at the time of their death? Why, indeed, were the plaques made at all? Employing an eclectic range of theoretical and methodological lenses, Katina Lillios surveys all ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292718234
SKU
V9780292718234
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About Katina T. Lillios
KATINA T. LILLIOS is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa.
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