Cultures of Stone : An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Stone

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.