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Sacred Sites, Sacred Places explores the concept of 'sacred' and what it means to people in differing cultures. Archaeologists, legislators and those involved in heritage management sometimes come into conflict with local populations over sites which these communities consider to be sacred. This volume is unique in attempting to describe the belief systems surrounding such sites, and in relating these beliefs and practices to the practical problems of heritage management. The book demonstrates the need to accommodate those beliefs which are a vital part of ongoing cultural identity.
The geographical coverage of this collection is exceptionally wide and its range of contributors, including indigenous peoples, archaeologists, anthropologists and heritage professionals, is unrivalled in any other publication.
Sommario
Introduction, David Carmichael, Jane Hubert, Brian Reeves; Chapter 1 Sacred beliefs and beliefs of sacredness, Jane Hubert; Chapter 2 Wintu sacred geography of northern California, Dorothea J. Theodoratus, Frank Lapena; Chapter 3 Sacred and secular neolithic landscapes in Ireland, Gabriel Cooney; Chapter 4 Sacred space in the culture of the Arctic regions, O. V. Ovsyannikov, N. M. Terebikhin, Katharine Judelson; Chapter 5 Sacred sites in Madagascar, Chantal Radimilahy; Chapter 6 Places of power, David L. Carmichael; Chapter 7 Sacred sites in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon, Mary Maimo Mumah; Chapter 8 Bukusu sacred sites, Simiyu Wandibba; Chapter 9 Sacrificial places and their meaning in Saami society, Inga-Maria Mulk; Chapter 10 The Mijikenda kaya as a sacred site, H. W. Mutoro; Chapter 11 The perception and treatment of prehistoric and contemporary sacred places and Sites in Poland, Katarzyna Marciniak; Chapter 12 Islam on the Kenyan coast, George H. Okello Abungu; Chapter 13 A ceremony in the ‘cave of idolatry’, Inés Sanmiguel, Ben Alberti; Chapter 14 At the mouth of the obsidian cave, Nicholas J. Saunders; Chapter 15 Sto, Gordon Mohs; Chapter 16 The spirits of the Chugach people of Alaska are at rest once again, John F. C. Johnson; Chapter 17 Waahi tapu, Hirini Matunga; Chapter 18 Principles and practice of site protection laws in Australia, David Ritchie; Chapter 19 When sacred land is sacred to three tribes, Robert Franklin, Pamela Bunte; Chapter 20 Tourism and the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Nicole Price; Chapter 21 Ninaistákis – the Nitsitapii’s sacred mountain, Reeves Brian;
Info autore
David Carmichael is Assistant Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso; Jane Hubert, a social anthropologist, is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry of Disability at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London; Brian Reeves is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Audhild Schanche is Director of the Council of Saami Cultural Heritage, Norway.
Riassunto
Explores the concept of 'sacred' and what it means and implies to people in differing cultures. It looks at why people regard some parts of the land as special and why this ascription remains constant in some cultures and changes in others.
