| The Archaeology of Ritual Contributor(s): Kyriakidis, Evangelos (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1931745471 ISBN-13: 9781931745475 Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: For this volume a wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and in which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The outcome has been extremely thought provoking, often controversial, but always of high quality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 203.8 |
| LCCN: 2007034753 |
| Series: Cotsen Advanced Seminars |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.13" W x 8.95" (1.42 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The product is a fairly accurate representation of research on ritual and the archaeology of ritual: scholars from various disciplines, backgrounds and agendas, arguing mostly in the most logical fashion, yet with little agreement between them. So this book should not be seen as presenting one unified attitude towards ritual and its study in archaeology. It should rather be seen as a reflection of what the discourse in the archaeology of ritual is today. The outcome has been extremely thought-provoking, often controversial, but always of extremely high quality. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kyriakidis, Evangelos: - Evangelos Kyriakidis is lecturer in archaeology in classical and archaeological studies at the University of Kent. |