The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of ritual and religion
Timothy Insoll (Editor)
"The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion provides a comprehensive overview by period and region of the relevant archaeological material in relation to theory, methodology, definition, and practice. Although, as the title indicates, the focus is upon archaeological investigations of ritual and religion, by necessity ideas and evidence from other disciplines are also included, among them anthropology, ethnography, religious studies, and history. The Handbook covers a global span-Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Americas-and reaches from the earliest prehistory (the Lower and Middle Paeleolithic) to modern times. In addition, chapters focus upon relevant themes, ranging from landscape to death, from taboo to water, from gender to rites of passage, from ritual to fasting and feasting. Written by over sixty specialists, renowned in their respective fields, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will serve both as a comprehensive introduction to its subject and as a stimulus to further research"-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2011-2020
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2011-2020
History
1 online resource (xxvi, 1108 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780191617386, 9780191743450, 0191617385, 0191743453
769344017
I. ELEMENTS AND EXPRESSION; II. PREHISTORIC EUROPEAN RITUAL AND RELIGION; III. RELIGION AND RITUAL IN WORLD PREHISTORY; IV. RELIGION AND CULT OF THE OLD WORLD; V. ARCHAEOLOGY OF WORLD RELIGIONS; VI. ARCHAEOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS AND NEW RELIGIONS