Myth, Ritual and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa

	List of Illustrations	page VII
	Acknowledgments	IX
	Abbreviations	XI
	INTRODUCTION	1
PART I DATA AND METHODOLOGIES
1	THE GREEK DAIMONES	13
2	ICONOGRAPHY AND METALLURGY	32
3	AFRICAN IRON: HISTORY, RITUAL, AND INVESTIGATION	55
PART II METALLURGY AND BIRTH
4	BIRTH, CRAFT, AND THE DAIMONES: THE ERETRIAN HYMN TO THE DAKTYLOI	79
5	GENDER AND PRODUCTION: THE FIPA	99
6	THE DAIMONES: FERTILITY AND RITUAL PERFORMANCE	123
7	PHARMAKA AND APOTROPAIA: THE DAIMONES AND MEDICINE	137
PART III METALLURGY AND POLITICAL POWER
8	IRON AND POLITICAL POWER: AFRICA	166
9	BAKONGO INVESTITURE: KINGS, IRON, AND AUTOCHTHONES	180
10	DAIMONES AND POLITICAL POWER: IDAIAN DAKTYLOI IN THE PHORONIS	192
11	PINDAR’S TELCHINES	215
	Conclusion	227
	Notes	235
	Bibliography	277
	Citation Index	305
	General Index	317

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