Book ID: CBB001221271

Myth, Ritual, and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa (2006)

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Blakely, Sandra (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiv + 328 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Mayor, Adrienne (2008) Review of "Myth, Ritual, and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa". International Journal of the Classical Tradition (p. 444). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mayor, Adrienne
Laurenza, Domenico
Boas, Hagai
Gross, Sky Edith
Poddighe, Elisabetta
Morley, Iain
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Science, Technology and Human Values
History of the Human Sciences
History of Technology
History in Africa
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Cambridge University Press
Silkworm Press
Praeger
Oxford University Press
Franco Angeli
Concepts
Mythology
Technology
Science and technology, relationships
Technology and religion
Metallurgy
Cross-cultural comparison
People
Theophrastos of Eresos
Tachard, Guy
Plato
Linnaeus, Carolus
Heron of Alexandria; Hero of Alexandria (fl. AD 60)
Galilei, Galileo
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
17th century
Iron age
Early modern
21st century
Places
Greece
Africa
Mediterranean region
China
Rome (Italy)
Roman Empire
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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