The cosmic earth: Materiality and mineralogy in the americas

Soils Stones and Symbols: Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 123-141

  Saunders, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315066622     Document Type: Chapter

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