Archaeology of Religion – serie
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Material Culture and Sacred Landscape
The Anthropology of the Siberian Khanty
Av Peter Jordan
Häftad, 2003
717 kr
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This study provides a concrete example of how foraging societies enculturate and transform the natural environment and, through the use of material objects, create sacred spaces and sites. Using ethnographic and ethnohistorical information about the Khanty of Siberia, Jordan shows the shortcomings …
Archaeology of Early Buddhism
Av Lars Fogelin
Inbunden, 2006
2214 kr
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How do archaeologists explore the various dimensions of religion? Lars Fogelin uses archaeological work at Thotlakonda in Southern India as his lens in a broader examination of Buddhist monastic life. He discovers the tension between the desired isolation of the monastery and the mutual engagement …
Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest
Av Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1853 kr
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Religion mattered to the prehistoric Southwestern people, just as it matters to their descendents today. Examining the role of religion can help to explain architecture, pottery, agriculture, even commerce. But archaeologists have only recently developed the theoretical and methodological tools …
Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest
Av Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
788 kr
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Religion mattered to the prehistoric Southwestern people, just as it matters to their descendents today. Examining the role of religion can help to explain architecture, pottery, agriculture, even commerce. But archaeologists have only recently developed the theoretical and methodological tools …
Ancestors and Elites
Emergent Complexity and Ritual Practices in the Casas Grandes Polity
Inbunden, 2009
1104 kr
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Ancestors and Elites examines prehispanic ritual behaviors characteristic of the Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Gordon Rakita analyzes the archaeological data from the site with respect to broader anthropological theories regarding both religious practices and the rise of complex …
Ancestors and Elites
Emergent Complexity and Ritual Practices in the Casas Grandes Polity
E-bok, 2009
1204 kr
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Ancestors and Elites examines prehispanic ritual behaviors characteristic of the Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Gordon Rakita analyzes the archaeological data from the site with respect to broader anthropological theories regarding both religious practices and the rise of complex …
Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest
Av Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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Religion mattered to the prehistoric Southwestern people, just as it matters to their descendents today. Examining the role of religion can help to explain architecture, pottery, agriculture, even commerce. But archaeologists have only recently developed the theoretical and methodological tools …
Cosmos in Stone
Interpreting Religion and Society Through Rock Art
E-bok, 2002
524 kr
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J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand these images painted on stone. He describes the development of technical methods of interpreting rock paintings of …
Shamanism and the Ancient Mind
A Cognitive Approach to Archaeology
Inbunden, 2002
1384 kr
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Pearson brings a cogent, well-argued case for the understanding of much prehistoric art as shamanistic practice. Using the theoretical premises of cognitive archaeology and a careful examination of rock art worldwide, Pearson is able to dismiss other theories of why ancient peoples produced …
Shamanism and the Ancient Mind
A Cognitive Approach to Archaeology
Häftad, 2002
471 kr
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Pearson brings a cogent, well-argued case for the understanding of much prehistoric art as shamanistic practice. Using the theoretical premises of cognitive archaeology and a careful examination of rock art worldwide, Pearson is able to dismiss other theories of why ancient peoples produced …
Cosmos in Stone
Interpreting Religion and Society Through Rock Art
Inbunden, 2002
1559 kr
Tillfälligt slut
J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand these images painted on stone. He describes the development of technical methods of interpreting rock paintings of …
Material Culture and Sacred Landscape
The Anthropology of the Siberian Khanty
Av Peter Jordan
Inbunden, 2003
1540 kr
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This study provides a concrete example of how foraging societies enculturate and transform the natural environment and, through the use of material objects, create sacred spaces and sites. Using ethnographic and ethnohistorical information about the Khanty of Siberia, Jordan shows the shortcomings …
