Archaeology of Spiritualities.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Rountree, Kathryn.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Morris, Christine.
Peatfield, Alan A. D. |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2012.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (280 pages). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
One world archaeology
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| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Archaeology of Spiritualities (Print version:) |
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/dainst/detail.action?docID=971559 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Archaeology of Spiritualities
- Introduction
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I: Life, Death and Ancestors
- Chapter 1: The Spirituality of Prehistoric Societies: A View from the Irish Megaliths
- From Animism to Monumentality around 4000 bc
- Emergence of Middle Neolithic Burial Practices (c. 3500 to 3300 bc)
- Passage Tombs
- Architectural Symbolism
- Ceremonial Practices
- Spiritual Landscapes
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Fragmentary Ancestors? Medicine, Bodies, and Personhood in a Koma Mound, Northern Ghana
- Introduction
- The Archaeology of Koma Land
- The Figurines
- Frequency and Types
- Incisions, Cavities, and Healing
- Medicine and Power
- Bodies, Gender, and Age
- Figurine Contexts and Associations
- Insights into Ritual Posture and Practices?
- Discussion: Fragmentary Ancestors?
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Negotiating Archaeology/Spirituality: Pagan Engagements with the Prehistoric Past in Britain
- Introduction
- Paganisms in Britain Today
- Paganisms and Archaeology in Britain
- The "Sacred" in the Sites
- Respect and Reburial
- The Avebury Consultation
- Competing "Spiritual" and "Scienti c" Discourses: The Redisplay of Lindow Man at Manchester University Museum
- Conclusion
- References
- Part II: Relational Ontologies and Engagements with Landscape
- Chapter 4: Spirituality and the Material World in Post-Medieval Europe
- Introduction
- Spirituality and Material Practice
- Spirituality and Materiality in a Relational Perspective
- Spirituality and Built Environments
- Folk Cosmology and the Material World
- Spirituality and Everyday Material Culture in an Early Modern Town
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Breath and Being: Contextualizing Object Persons at Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Introduction.
- Animism and Archaeology (or Why Spirits in Matter Matter)
- Studying Animism Using the Archaeological Record
- Nonhuman Persons at Paquimé
- The Mound of the Serpent
- Animacy and Hidden Persons
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: In Search of Cosmic Power: Contextualizing Spiritual Journeys between Cahokia and the St. Francois Mountains
- Introduction
- Sacred Journeys
- The Archaeology of Sacred Journeys
- The Structure of the Cosmos
- Making the Journey
- Cahokia as Cosmological Center
- The St. Francois Mountains in the Sacred Landscape of Cahokia
- Cahokia and the St. Francois Mountains
- The Evidence
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Part III: Playing the Field: Archaeology, Ethnography and Oral Traditions
- Chapter 7: Accessing Past Cosmologies through Material Culture and the Landscape in the Philippines
- Introduction
- A Cultural Link in Time
- Landscape Meaning
- Aspects of the Dewil Valley Archaeology and Landscape
- Presenting the Ille and Pasimbahan-Magsanib Sites
- 9000 Years Ago
- Before c. 4000 Years Ago
- c. 4000 to c. 2000 Years Ago
- c. 2000 to c. 1000 Years Ago
- c. 1000 to c. 100 Years Ago
- c. 100 to Present
- A Further Look at the Dewil Patterns
- Using Ethnography
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: From Holy Hiis to Sacred Stone: Diverse and Dynamic Meanings of Estonian Holy Sites
- Introduction
- Hiis
- Folk Tradition: The Main Source for Holy Sites
- Is it Possible to Date Hiis ? The Archaeology of Holy Sites
- Diverse Purposes and Changing Meanings
- References
- Chapter 9: Magical Signs in Prehistory: Near Eastern Celestial Symbols in the Ancient Carpathian Basin
- Introduction
- Symbols as Archetypes of Folk Art Motifs
- Is it Possible to Deduce the Distant Past from Folklore/Ethnography?
- Archaeological Symbols: The Carpathian "Celestial" Pendants.
- Analogies
- Symbol of Venus or the Sun?
- The Goddess of Sexual Love and War
- The Role of the Symbols
- Conclusion
- References
- Part IV: Embodied Spiritualities: The Case of the Minoans
- Chapter 10: "Nature", the Minoans and Embodied Spiritualities
- Monotheism, Personi cation and Transcendence
- The Construction of "Nature"
- Minoan Religion: The Deity Dilemma
- Why the Old Models Won't Work
- A Different Model: Topography, Time and Transaction
- References
- Chapter 11: Dynamic Spirituality on Minoan Peak Sanctuaries
- Introduction
- Spirituality and Minoan Peak Sanctuaries
- Minoan Peak Sanctuaries: A Summary
- Atsipadhes Korakias
- Approaching the Peak Sanctuary
- Shamanic Models of Religion
- Experimenting
- Insights
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12: Dusk at the Palace: Exploring Minoan Spiritualities
- Introduction
- Minoan Religion and Ritual: Multiple Perspectives
- Elusive Minoan Spirituality
- Seeking Minoan Spirituality
- Finding Minoan Spirituality
- Initiation
- References
- Index.
