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Author: Kit W. Wesler Publisher: University Press of America ISBN: 0761858458 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 347
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An Archaeology of Religion challenges traditional conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.
Author: Timothy Insoll Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019923244X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 1135
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A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.
Author: Sharon R. Steadman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315433885 Category : RELIGION Languages : en Pages : 353
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Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book includes case studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key contemporary religions—Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, among others—to provide an historical and comparative context. This is an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes that include a significant component on “past religions,” as well as an excellent guide for general readers.
Author: Kit W. Wesler Publisher: University Press of America ISBN: 0761858458 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 347
Book Description
An Archaeology of Religion challenges traditional conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.
Author: Timothy Insoll Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113452644X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 203
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This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion.
Author: Eberhard Sauer Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 212
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Sauer explores how destruction and pressure was used in the late Roman period and in the early Middle Ages to achieve for Christianity what persuiasion alone could not attain.
Author: David S Whitley Publisher: Left Coast Press ISBN: 1598743422 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 291
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Human actions are often deeply intertwined with religion and can be understood in a strictly religious context. Yet, many volumes and articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused primarily on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. The authors in this volume argue that while these interpretations certainly have a meaningful place in understanding the human past, they provide only part of the picture. Because strictly religious contexts have often been ignored, this has resulted in an incomplete assessment of religious behavior in the past. This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.
Author: Beth Alpert Nakhai Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
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Annotation This book discusses the role of religion in Canaanite and Israelite society, from the Middle Bronze Age through the Israelite Divided Monarchy (2000-587 BC). It contains an extensive archaeological study of all known Middle Bronze through Iron Age temples, sanctuaries, and open-air shrines, organized by period and geographic region. Social science and textually based analyses of sacrifice in antiquity reveal the many ways in which religion was related to social structure, and the author emphasizes the ways in which social, economic and political relationships determined - and were shaped by - forms of religious organization.
Author: David S Whitley Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315433079 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 310
Book Description
Human actions are often deeply intertwined with religion and can be understood in a strictly religious context. Yet, many volumes and articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused primarily on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. The authors in this volume argue that while these interpretations certainly have a meaningful place in understanding the human past, they provide only part of the picture. Because strictly religious contexts have often been ignored, this has resulted in an incomplete assessment of religious behavior in the past. This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.
Author: Timothy Insoll Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415253130 Category : Archaeology and religion Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion
Author: Kit W. Wesler
Author: Timothy Insoll
Author: Sharon R. Steadman
Author: Kit W. Wesler
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Author: Beth Alpert Nakhai
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