Hall, A. J. and Photos-Jones, E. (2008). Accessing past beliefs and practices. 50th anniversary issue. Vol 50(6), pp. 1034-1049. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00377.x.

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Title:		 Accessing past beliefs and practices
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Subtitle:		 the case of Lemnian Earth
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Issue:		 50th anniversary issue
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Series:		 Archaeometry
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Volume:		 50 (6)
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Number of Pages:		 154
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Page Start/End:		 1034 - 1049
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Abstract:		 Lemnian Earth, a medicine in the shape of a stamped clay tablet (sphragis) from Lemnos, northeastern Greece, was much valued in antiquity and in the post-medieval period as an antidote to poison and a treatment for other ailments. Although it was among the first archaeological materials to be subjected to chemical analysis (in 1807), there is still no clear understanding as to what made Lemnian Earth an effective medicine. We argue that Lemnian Earth, the artefact, was not the same as Lemnian Earth, the raw material. We suggest a composition for the artefact by scrutinizing the documentary evidence for its properties and by considering the geochemical processes that led to the formation of the raw material and the ritual relating to its extraction. The study of the latter highlights the need for archaeological materials scientists to recognize ritual as a possible manifestation of physical and chemical processes carried out within the framework of past beliefs and practices.
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Author:		 Allan J Hall
Effie Photos-Jones
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Year of Publication:		 2008
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Stamped Clay Tablet (Auto Detected Subject)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00377.x
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Created Date:		 24 Jan 2011