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Author | : Timothy R. Pauketat |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0415521289 |
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An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from the Great Plains and the pre-Columbian American Indian city of Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Religious beliefs are not more resilient than other aspects of culture and society, and people are not the only causes of historical change. An Archaeology of the Cosmos examines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the past.
Author | : Efrosyni Boutsikas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020-10-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110848817X |
Download The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Reconstructs ancient rituals in their day/night/season combining them with relevant mythology and astronomical observations to understand the ritual's cosmological links.
Author | : Ian Beardsley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Cosmology |
ISBN | : 9780595615285 |
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Author | : Phillip Sidney Horky |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2019-07-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108423647 |
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Traces the concept of kosmos as order, arrangement, and ornament in ancient philosophy, literature, and aesthetics.
Author | : Alicia Maravelia |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2020-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1789696402 |
Download Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Proceedings of a conference held in Athens in 2017, this volume presents 34 fresh and original papers (plus 2 abstracts) on ancient Egyptian religion, environment and the cosmos. Papers connect many interdisciplinary approaches including Egyptology, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, geography, botany, zoology, ornithology, theology and history.
Author | : David Freidel |
Publisher | : William Morrow Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1995-02-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780688140694 |
Download Maya Cosmos Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth.
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Release | : 2001 |
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ISBN | : 9780801437861 |
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Author | : David J. Lewis-Williams |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2002-04-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0759116717 |
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J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand these images painted on stone. He describes the development of technical methods of interpreting rock paintings of the 1970s, shows how a growing understanding of San mythology, cosmology, and ethnography helped decode the complex paintings, and traces the development of neuropsychological models for understanding the relationship between belief systems and rock art. The author then applies his theories to the famous rock paintings of prehistoric Western Europe in an attempt to develop a comprehensive theory of rock art. For students of rock art, archaeology, ethnography, comparative religion, and art history, Lewis-Williams' book will be a provocative read and an important reference.
Author | : Donald A. Yerxa |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-12-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1472591003 |
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It is often assumed that religion is the backward-looking servant of tradition and the status quo, utterly opposed to the new. This refrain in so much of recent polemical writing has permeated the public mind and can even be found in academic publications. But recent scholarship increasingly shows that this view is a gross simplification - that, in fact, religious beliefs and practices have contributed to significant changes in human affairs: political and legal, social and artistic, scientific and commercial. This is certainly not to say that religion is always innovative. But the relationship between religion and innovation is much more complex and instructive than is generally assumed. Religion and Innovation includes contributions from leading historians, archaeologists, and social scientists, who offer findings about the relationship between religion and innovation. The essays collected in this volume range from discussions of the transformative power of religion in early societies; to re-examinations of our notions of naturalism, secularization, and progress; to explorations of cutting-edge contemporary issues. Combining scholarly rigor with clear, accessible writing, Religion and Innovation: Antagonists or Partners? is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of religion and the ongoing debates about its role in the modern world and into the future.
Author | : Richard Bradley |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : 0415221498 |
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This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analysed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a more imaginative approach to the prehistoric landscape, and can even shed light on the origins of monumental architecture. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies. An Archaeology of Natural Places extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management.