Myth, ritual, and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa / Sandra Blakely.

Author/creator Blakely, Sandra, 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

Contents The Greek daimones -- Iconography and metallurgy -- African iron: history, ritual, and investigation -- Birth, craft, and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi -- Gender and production: the Fipa -- The daimones: fertility and ritual performance -- Pharmaka and apotropaia: the daimones and medicine -- Iron and political power: Africa -- Bakongo investiture: kings, iron, and autochthones -- Daimones and political power: idaian daktyloi in the phoronis -- Pindar's telchines.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and indexes.
LCCN 2006000509
ISBN0521855004 (hardback)
ISBN9780521855006

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BL785 .B53 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold