Cooney bernard (29 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition. 6th edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condizione: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: sixth ] Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Pub Date: 7/25/2003 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 512 sixth edition.

Condizione: Good. 6th. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. 6th. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Book in Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Good oversized paperback. First Black Sparrow edition with a color title page. Original 7 inch record laid in. Former owner's name to the first page. Scattered underlining and marginalia to fewer than 10 pages, otherwise the book is clean and bright.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine wraps/paperback. Upper fore-edge corner of rear cover has a light 2.5 inch diagonal crease and last 20 leaves have similar light, if not very light bends. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use. Includes fine 33 1/3 RPM Stereo record.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+ condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1963. Very Good+ condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Original blue cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. No owner's name or bookplate. Photo illustrated. Includes four essays: EXPLORING ANCIENT GUERRERO (by Jane Powell Rosenthal); BLOCK STATUES OF THE EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM, THE SCULPTURE OF TETA'S SON (by Bernard V. Bothmer); AN EARLY CHRISTIAN SCULPTURE FROM EGYPT (by John D. Cooney); and TWO UNPUBLISHED FAMILY PORTRAITS BY [Jefferson] GAUNTT AND [Daniel] HUNTINGTON (by Axel von Saldern). Also has the usual info: reports of the museum's various departments for two fiscal years 1960-1961 and 1961-1962; museum acquisitions; special exhibitions; publications of the museum; financial report; donations; list of members; etc. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. 143pp. . …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. No jacket. First Edition. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1963. Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Photo illustrated. Includes four essays: EXPLORING ANCIENT GUERRERO (by Jane Powell Rosenthal); BLOCK STATUES OF THE EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM, THE SCULPTURE OF TETA'S SON (by Bernard V. Bothmer); AN EARLY CHRISTIAN SCULPTURE FROM EGYPT (by John D. Cooney); & TWO UNPUBLISHED FAMILY PORTRAITS BY [Jefferson] GAUNTT AND [Daniel] HUNTINGTON (by Axel von Saldern). Also has the usual info: reports of the museum's various departments for two fiscal years 1960-1961 and 1961-1962; museum acquisitions; special exhibitions; publications of the museum; financial report; donations; list of members; etc. Original blue cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. 143pp.…

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Vinyl. Condizione: Sehr gut. 2 LPs. Sehr guter Zustand. Der Versand ins Ausland ist gegen Zahlung der Portokosten möglich. Bitte nehmen Sie Kontakt mit uns auf. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Condizione: Very Good. Original stapled illustrated souvenir theatre programme 9'' x 6''. Contains 24 printed pages of text, advertisements and photographs of the characters from the play. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 01 edition. 298 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 6th sub edition. 512 pages. 9.25x7.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 1st printing ; xxvi, 903 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0721667945; 9780721667942; National Library: 9216266; 072-16679; b94-10460 LCCN: 92-49115 ; LC: RD558; Dewey: 617.5/74 ; OCLC: 27035976 ; "This comprehensive reference on disorders of the elbow with the most current and authoritative information available, provides information related to elbow pathology and emphasizes diagnosis and surgical technique. Unique to this book is coverage of such surgical techniques as ulnohumeral arthroplasty, failed tennis elbow surgery, medical and lateral collateral ligament reconstruction, and prosthetic replacement of the joint." ; Contents: Embryology; Phylogeny; Anatomy of the elbow joint; Biomechanics of the elbow; Physical examination of the elbow; Functional evaluation of the elbow; Diagnostic radiographic techniques of the elbow; Arthroscopy of the elbow; Evaluation of the painful elbow: the problem elbow; Surgical exposures of the elbow; Continuous axillary brachial plexus catheters; Rehabilitation; Imaging of the pediatric elbow; Congenital abnormalities of the elbow; Supracondylar fractures of the elbow in children; Physeal fractures of the elbow; Fractures of the neck of the radius in children; Osteochondritis dissecans.-- Dislocations of the child's elbow; Ischemia from fractures and injuries about the elbow; Fractures of the distal humerus in the adult; Nonunion and delayed union of distal humeral fractures; Radial head fracture; Fractures of the proximal ulna and olecranon; Nonunion of the olecranon and proximal ulna; Elbow dislocations; Classification and spectrum of elbow instability: recurrent instability; Contractures of the elbow; Post-traumatic stiffness: distraction arthroplasty; Tendon injuries about the elbow; Ectopic ossification about the elbow; Soft tissue coverage of the elbow; Replantation of the elbow; Muscle and tendon trauma: tennis elbow.-- Surgical failure of the tennis elbow; Ulnar nerve injury; Diagnosis and treatment of ulnar collateral ligament injuries in athletes; Lateral collateral ligament injury; Articular injuries in the athlete -- Rehabilitation of the athlete's elbow; Overuse syndrome of the elbow; Interposition arthroplasty of the elbow; Custom arthroplasty and hemiarthroplasty of the elbow; Elbow arthroplasty: indications and implant selection; Resurfacing elbow replacement arthroplasty: rationale, technique, and results; Semiconstrained elbow replacement arthroplasty: rationale, technique, and results; Complications of elbow replacement surgery; Revision of failed total elbow arthroplasty.; Nonimplantation salvage of failed reconstructive procedures of the elbow; Arthrodesis; Flaccid dysfunction of the elbow; Spastic dysfunction of the elbow; Amputation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Nonrheumatoid inflammatory arthritis; Primary degenerative arthritis of the elbow: ulnohumeral arthroplasty; Septic arthritis; Hematologic arthritis; Neurotrophic arthritis; Nerve entrapment syndromes; Pain dysfunction syndrome; Neoplasms of the elbow; Loose bodies; Bursitis; Elbow in metabolic disease.; red cloth, ex-lib, stamps, labels, ownership stamp on title page ; "This text is THE source for orthopedists in the study of elbow problems"--Charles Rockwood ; VG. Book.…

Condizione: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 314 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 01 edition. 298 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover, 4°. 30,2 x 22,7 cm. 356,(1)p.,(8 plates). With record laid-in (33 1/3 rpm vinyl record "The Maker of the Sound" by K. R. Campbell). Original illustreted boards with title to spine and to front cover. Book and record in very good condition. B&w illustrations, 8 colour plates. VG.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Softcover Edition, Thus. three soft cover volumes. volume three does NOT contain an lp record. a few very faint, pale dust spots to top edge of vols. 1 and 2, negligible impact. else, clean with no markings. no tears, creases. tight bindings, sewn and glued. the first two were published in 1981, the third one in 1984. there are three different isbns.; vol. 1, viii-160pp./vol. 2, 102pp./vol. 3, 356pp. all have some b/w illustrations and vol. 3 has color plates. ; short-lived but noteworthy english periodical with literary and artistic focus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Various Artists (illustratore). Multi-Volume Set. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th-9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont's Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek's Prague.Adele Tutter'The Living Stones': encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice'Living Stones Built Up': symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel Cooney 314 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th-9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont's Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek's Prague.Adele Tutter'The Living Stones': encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice'Living Stones Built Up': symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel Cooney. …

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space.This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material pro.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th¿9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont¿s Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O¿NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek¿s Prague.Adele Tutter¿The Living Stones¿: encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice¿Living Stones Built Up¿: symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel CooneyBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 314 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Cultures of Stone | Gabriel Cooney (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 314 S. | Englisch | 2020 | Sidestone Press | EAN 9789088908910 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Gebunden. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space.This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The .…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th-9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont's Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek's Prague.Adele Tutter'The Living Stones': encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice'Living Stones Built Up': symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel Cooney 314 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Cultures of Stone | Gabriel Cooney (u. a.) | Buch | 314 S. | Englisch | 2020 | Sidestone Press | EAN 9789088908927 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th-9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont's Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek's Prague.Adele Tutter'The Living Stones': encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice'Living Stones Built Up': symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel Cooney.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone.Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place.This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.ContentsContents:Part 1. Quarrying and Moving StoneLabour and Limestone: the relationship between stone and life in the 19th- and 20th-century quarry town of Texas, Maryland.Adam FracchiaYapese Stone Money: local marble as a potential inspiration for producing limestone exchange valuables in Palau, Micronesia.Bosiljka Glumac and Scott M. FitzpatrickRoman Colours of Power: Egyptian stones for the imperial metropolis, and beyond.Hazel DodgeTravelling Stone or Travelling Men Models of Sculpture Production in the Early Middle Ages (8th¿9th centuries).Michelle BeghelliPart 2. Making, Building and Re-imagining in StoneMAN MADE: contemporary prehistoric stone-tool design.Dov GanchrowStone Fisheries and Their Role in Shaping the Cultural Landscape of the Minho River Valley, Portugal.Rui Madail and Miguel MalheiroStormont¿s Stones: the oratory of power through form and materiality.Suzanne O¿NeillCity of Stone: dialectics of impermanence in Josef Sudek¿s Prague.Adele Tutter¿The Living Stones¿: encountering the prehistoric past in West Cornwall.Elizabeth PrattSacred Granite: preserving the Downpatrick High Cross.Michael KingPart 3. Stone in Ritual Space and Practice¿Living Stones Built Up¿: symbolism in Irish round towers.Sarah KerrFlaming Torches: the materiality of fire and flames on Roman cinerary urns.Liana BrentStone-Grave Building at the Cemetery of Les Tombes at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales, France): some economic, visual and symbolic aspects.Joan Pinar GilWorship and Stones on the Cycladic Islands: a case study of the cult of Apollo and Zeus.Erica AnglikerAll of a Heap: Hermes and the stone cairn in Greek Antiquity.Jessica DoyleLooking through the Crystal Ball: ethnographic analogies for the ritual use of rock crystal.Thomas HessIs It from The Dreaming, or Is It Rubbish The Significance and Meaning of Stone Artefacts and Their Sources to Aboriginal People in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Edward McDonald and Bryn ColdrickAfterword: The Flexibility of StoneGabriel CooneyBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 314 pp. Englisch.…