Beyond Belief - The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual

Klappentext This volume details recent archaeological explorations of ancient religion and sacred ritual. The chapters bring multiple perspectives and differing methodological approaches to case studies representing widely divergent regions and time periods to illustrate some of the most recent methodological and theoretical appraoches to the archaeological study of ancient relgioin and ritual. Inhaltsverzeichnis SECTION I: THEORIZING THE SPIRITUALChapter 1: Beyond Belief: The Archaeology of Religion and RitualChapter 2: Matters of Belief: Middle-Range Theory, Religion, and the "State"Chapter 3: Envisioning a Pragmatic Approach to the Archaeology of ReligionSECTION II: MATERIALIZING THE SPIRITUALChapter 4: Technology and Morality--Rituals in Iron Working among the Fipa and Pangwa Peoples in Southwestern TanzaniaChapter 5: Toward and Archaeology of Secrecy: Power, Paradox, and the Great Gods of SamothraceChapter 6: Political Economy and the Routinization of Religious Movements: A View from the Eastern WoodlandsChapter 7: Deconstructing and Recomposing the Narrative of Spiritual Life in the Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant (4500-3600 BCE)Chapter 8: Materiality and Sacred Landscapes: Ulua Style Marble Vases in HondurasSECTION III: EXPERIENCING THE SPIRITUALChapter 9: Meanings and Functions of Enclosed Places in the European Neolithic: A Contextual Approach to Cult, Ritual and ReligionChapter 10: The Semiotics of Gunung Kawi: Materializing Affiliation at Ancient and Modern Balinese TemplesChapter 11: Signs in Human Hands: A Model for the Intonated ObjectsSECTION IV: CONCLUSIONSChapter 12: What Should an Archaeology of Religion Look Like to a Blind Archaeologist?

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• Authors: C. L. Costin, Costin (COR), Yorke M. Rowan, ROWAN YORKE M
• Assisted by: York M Rowan (Editor), Yorke M. Rowan (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2012
• EAN: 9781118424391
• ISBN: 978-1-118-42439-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: APAZ - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association; Apaz - Archaeological Papers o; APAZ - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous