Belief in the Past: Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion

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ISBN: 9781598743425 | 1598743422
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Copyright: 7/15/2008

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This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

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List of Illustrations	p. 7
Religion Beyond Icon, Burial and Monument: An Introduction	p. 11
Religion and Archaeology: An Analytical, Materialist Account	p. 23
Cross-cultural and Biogenetic Perspectives on the Origins of Shamanism	p. 43
Supernatural Metaphors and Belief in the Past: Defining an Archaeology of Religion	p. 67
Cognition, Emotion, and Belief: First Steps in an Archaeology of Religion	p. 85
Centering Historical-archaeological Discourse: The Prehistory of Central Asian/south Siberian Shamanism	p. 105
Text Versus Image: The Implications of Physical Evidence for Buddhist History	p. 119
Delegitimizing Religion: The Archaeology of Religion as ... Archaeology	p. 129
Bodylore and the Archaeology of Embedded Religion: Dramatic License in the Funerals of the Vikings	p. 143
Historical-processual Archaeology and Culture Making: Unpacking the Southern Cult and Mississippian Religion	p. 167
Discontinuity Between Political Power and Religious Status: Mountains, Pools, and Dry Ones Among Venda-speaking Chiefdoms of Southern Africa	p. 189
Shrines of the Land and Places of Power: Religion and the Transition to Farming in Western Europe	p. 209
Northern Landscapes, Northern Mind: On the Trail of an 'Archaeology of Hunter-gatherer Belief'	p. 227
Archaeology and Women's Ritual Business	p. 247
Traditional Knowledge, Ritual Behavior, And Contemporary Interpretations of the Archaeological Record-an Ojibwa Perspective	p. 259
Index	p. 275
About the Contributors	p. 287
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Belief in the Past: Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion

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