ISBN:
9781461433545
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 277 p. 42 illus., 29 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
One World Archaeology
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Archaeology of spiritualities
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Religion (General)
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Religion (General)
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
;
Religionsgeschichte
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Archäologie
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Religion
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Kult
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Kultstätte
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Ethnoarchäologie
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Spiritualität
Abstract:
Archaeology of Spiritualties provides a fresh exploration of the interface between archaeology and religion/spirituality. Archaeological approaches to the study of religion have typically, and often unconsciously, drawn on western paradigms, especially Judaeo-Christian (mono)theistic frameworks and academic rationalisations. Archaeologists have rarely reflected on how these approaches have framed and constrained their choices of methodologies, research questions, hypotheses, definitions, interpretations and analyses, and have neglected an important dimension of religion: the human experience of the numinous - the power, presence or experience of the supernatural. Within the religions of many of the worlds peoples, sacred experiences particularly in relation to sacred landscapes and beings connected with those landscapes are often given greater emphasis, while doctrine and beliefs are relatively less important. Archaeology of Spiritualities asks how such experiences might be discerned in the archaeological record; how do we recognize and investigate other forms of religious or spiritual experience in the remains of the past? he volume opens up a space to explore critically and reflexively the encounter between archaeology and diverse cultural expressions of spirituality. It showcases experiential and experimental methodologies in this area of the discipline, an unconventional approach within the archaeology of religion. Thus Archaeology of Spiritualities offers a unique, timely and innovative contribution, one that is also challenging and stimulating. It is a great resource to archaeologists, historians, religious scholars, and others interested in cultural and religious heritage.
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Incisions, Cavities, and HealingMedicine 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 fi c" Discourses: The Redisplay of Lindow Man at Manchester University Museum
Description / Table of Contents:
ConclusionReferences; 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)
Description / Table of Contents:
Studying Animism Using the Archaeological RecordNonhuman 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III: Playing the Field: Archaeology, Ethnography and Oral TraditionsChapter 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8: From Holy Hiis to Sacred Stone: Diverse and Dynamic Meanings of Estonian Holy Sites
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-3354-5
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