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Author: Kit W. Wesler
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0761858458
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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
Published: 2004-04
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 113452644X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Published: 2016-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1315433885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Published: 2022-07-08
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1800735049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy 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
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1134597975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology 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 The contributors consider a number of questions: * can religious (sacred) texts be treated as historical documents, or do they merit special treatment?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
Published: 2011-10-27
Total Pages: 1135
ISBN-13: 019923244X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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: David S Whitley
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2008-07-15
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1598743422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman 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
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSauer 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: Birendra Nath Prasad
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-06-17
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 1000416755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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: Timothy Insoll
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780415253130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
