Diversity of sacrifice : form and function of sacrificial practices in the ancient world and beyond
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University of Buffalo. Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Murray, Carrie Ann, 1976-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2016.
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| Umfang/Format: |
292 pages. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
SUNY series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series
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| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The Value and Power of Sacrifice / Carrie Ann Murray
- Part I. Defining and Redefining the Boundaries of Sacrifice
- Anthropology and Sacrifice / Phillips Stevens, Jr.
- A View from a Fen : On the Concept of Sacrifice and the Possibility of Understanding Neolithic Wetland Depositions / Asa Berggren
- Gifts from the Gods : A New Look at Some Weapons and Vessels from the Metal Ages / Christoph Huth
- Post-Domestic Sacrifice : Exploring the Present and Future of Gifts for the Gods / Samantha Hurn
- Part II. Sacrifice Across the Mediterranean World
- Every Good and Pure Thing : Sacrifice in the Ancient Egyptian Context / Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner
- The Mythology of Carthaginian Child Sacrifice : A Physical Anthropological Perspective / Jeffrey H. Schwartz
- The Art of Ancient Greek Sacrifice : Spectacle, Gaze, Performance / Tyler Jo Smith
- Etruscan Human Sacrifice : The Case of Tarquinia / Nancy de Grummond
- Part III. Exploring Exceptional Cases of Sacrifice
- Human Sacrifice as "Crisis Management"? : The Case of the Early Neolithic Site of Herxheim, Palatinate, Germany / Andrea Zeeb-Lanz, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Silja Bauer, Bruno Boulestin, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Anthony Denaire, Fabian Haack, Christian Jeunesse, Dirk Schimmelpfennig, Rouven Turck
- Dog Sacrifice at the Protohistoric Site of Mas Castellar (Pontos, Spain) / Enriqueta Pons, Lidia Colominas, Maria Sana
- Understanding the Death and Burial of Northern European Bog Bodies / Guinevere Granite
- Part IV. Formularizing and Regularizing Sacrifice
- Sacrificing the Sign : The Alphabet as an Offering in Ancient Israel or A Classicist's Read on the Ritual Law of the Sotah / Roger Woodard
- Ancient Greek Laws on Sacrifice / Michael Gagarin
- In What Way Is Christ's Death a Sacrifice? : Theories of Sacrifice and Theologies of the Cross / S. Mark Heim.
