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Why do people single out gold, sapphires, diamonds, and other
minerals as particularly "precious"? What makes precious minerals
"precious"? Drawing from ethnographic and cross-cultural research,
this collection of anthropological essays and case studies answers
these questions by exploring humans' multifaceted relationships
with the minerals they deem "precious." The Anthropology of
Precious Minerals addresses the entanglement of humans and
minerals, with a particular focus on the practices of scrappers,
miners, and hunters as they work to extract value. The editors draw
from history, archaeology, and ethnography, and remind us that
"preciousness" must always be understood in relation to complex
cultural, political-economic, and semiotic systems of value.
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