Oxford Handbook of The Archaeology of Ritual and Religion - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 019923244X ISBN 13 : 9780199232444

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 Palaeolithic) 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Timothy Insoll is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Manchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019923244X
• ISBN 13: 9780199232444
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1136
• Éditeur: Insoll Timothy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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