Material, Virtual and Temporal Compositions: On the Relationships between Objects: Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fifth Annual Meeting in Bournemouth 1999

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This volume presents ten papers given during a session of the European Association of Archaeologists in Bournemouth in 1999. The theme of the session was "relationships between objects", the aim of which was to discuss "relationships" existing between objects in the process of creating meaning in the archaeological record. The papers range from Mesolithic portable art in Scandinavia to food as ritual objects in ancient Italy. Front Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction LES OBJETS ET LE SENS THINGS MOVING AROUND A LANDSCAPE: THE SYMBOLISM OF SOUTH SCANDINAVIAN MESOLITHIC PORTABLE ART TROPES IN MATERIAL CULTURE FERTILITY RITUALS: THE KANGJIASHIMENZI PETROGLYPHS AND THE CUCUTENI DANCERS BEER AND BEAKERS: A TENTATIVE ANALYSIS STONE AXES AS TOOLS, VALUABLES AND SYMBOLS (3300-1900 BC) HOUSES, BODIES, POTS, QUERNSTONES: MEANING AND METAPHOR IN THE ENGLISH LATER BRONZE AGE FOOD AS A RITUAL OBJECT IN ANCIENT ITALY LATE VIKING PERIOD PAGAN BURIAL IN GOTLAND: THE SYMBOLIC CODE SCANDINAVIAN WARRIOR ON THE VOLGA RIVER: VERSION OF RECONSTRUCTION OF DESTINY