?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+it+%E2%80%98me%E2%80%99+or+is+it+%E2%80%98mine%E2%80%99%3F+The+Mycenaean+sword+as+a+body-part.&rft.creator=Malafouris%2C+Dr+Lambros&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Cognitive+Archeology&rft.description=This+paper+argues+that+material+culture+has+the+ability+to+change+and+shape+our+bodies+by+transforming+and+extending+the+boundaries+of+our+body+schema.+To+explore+this+argument+I+concentrate+on+the+relationship+between+the+Mycenaean+body+and+the+Mycenaean+sword.+Focusing+on+the+early+Mycenaean+period+I+propose+that+the+centre+of+consciousness+and+bodily+awareness+for+the+Mycenaean+person%2C+and+for+the+warrior+in+particular%2C+is+not+some+%E2%80%98internal%E2%80%99+Cartesian+%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99%2C+but+the+tip+of+the+sword.+Through+the+tip+of+the+sword+the+Mycenaean+person+is+simultaneously+reach+out%2C+makes+sense+of+and+apprehends+the+world.+The+sword+as+an+enactive+sign+brings+about+a+whole+new+semiotic+field+of+embodied+activity+offering+a+new+means+of+engaging+the+world+and+as+such+a+novel+understanding+of+what+is+to+be+a+Mycenaean+person+and+body.+&rft.publisher=Oxbow+Books&rft.contributor=Boric%2C+Dr+Dusan&rft.contributor=Robb%2C+Dr++John&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6432%2F1%2FMalafouris.ch12.PastBodies.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malafouris%2C+Dr+Lambros++(2008)+Is+it+%E2%80%98me%E2%80%99+or+is+it+%E2%80%98mine%E2%80%99%3F+The+Mycenaean+sword+as+a+body-part.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6432%2F