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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: 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 : Education 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: Sharon R. Steadman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315433885 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 353
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This texbook shows how archaeology interprets past religions including case studies from around the world, describing religious practices of both foragers and ancient complex socities
Author: C. Riley Augé Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 1800735049 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 284
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By bringing together in one place specific objects, materials, and features indicating ritual, religious, or magical belief used by people around the world and through time, this tool will assist archaeologists in identifying evidence of belief-related behaviors and broadening their understanding of how those behaviors may also be seen through less obvious evidential lines. Instruction and templates for recording, typologizing, classifying, and analyzing ritual or magico-religious material culture are also provided to guide researchers in the survey, collection, and cataloging processes. The bulleted formatting and topical range make this a highly accessible work, while providing an incredible wealth of information in a single volume.
Author: Timothy Insoll Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134597975 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 244
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Archaeology and World Religion is an important new work, being the first to examine these two vast topics together. The volume explores the relationship between, and the contribution archaeology can make to the study of 'World Religions'. The contributors consider a number of questions: * can religious (sacred) texts be treated as historical documents, or do they merit special treatment? * Does archaeology with its emphasis on material culture dispel notions of the ideal/divine? * Does the study of archaeology and religion lead to differing interpretations of the same event? * In what ways does the notion of a uniform religious identity exist and is this recognisable in the archaeological record? Clearly written and up-to-date, this volume will be an indispensable research tool for academics and specialists in these fields.
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: Birendra Nath Prasad Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000416755 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 475
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In the religious landscape of early medieval (c. AD 600-1200) Bihar and Bengal, poly-religiosity was generally the norm than an exception, which entailed the evolution of complex patterns of inter-religious equations. Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism not only coexisted but also competed for social patronage, forcing them to enter into complex interactions with social institutions and processes. Through an analysis of the published archaeological data, this work explores some aspects of the social history of Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina temples and shrines, and Buddhist stūpas and monasteries in early medieval Bihar and Bengal. This archaeological history of religions questions many ‘established’ textual reconstructions, and enriches our understanding of the complex issue of the decline of Buddhism in this area. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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: 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: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 347
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Archaeologists have been increasingly turning their attention to the study of religion, but the field so far has lacked a cross-cultural overview. This text challenges archaeological conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. Worldwide in range and comparative in perspective, this exploration is guided by several fundamental questions: how do we recognize religion in the archaeological record? When should we recognize the first activities we call religious? What distinguishes a world religion? How can we see the formations of modern world religions in the archaeological record? span style="font-style:italic;"An Archaeology of Religion begins with the first glimmers of what might be considered religious expression in the Paleolithic period and concludes with the complexities of world religions today. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.
Author: Kit W. Wesler
Author: Kit W. Wesler
Author: Timothy Insoll
Author: Sharon R. Steadman
Author: C. Riley Augé
Author: Timothy Insoll
Author: Timothy Insoll
Author: Birendra Nath Prasad
Author: David S Whitley
Author: Eberhard Sauer
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