Title: Beyond belief : the archaeology of religion and ritual /
Authors: Rowan, Yorke M.; Aldenderfer, Mark S.; American Anthropological Association.
Publisher: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Archaeology and religion.; Religion History; Ritual History.
Contents: Theorizing the spiritual. Beyond belief : the archaeology of religion and ritual / Yorke M. Rowan -- Matters of belief : middle-range theory, religion, and the "state" / Susan Kus --Envisioning a pragmatic approach to the archaeology of religion / Mark Aldenderfer -- Materializing the spiritual. Technology and morality : rituals in iron working among the Fipa and Pangwa peoples in southwestern Tanzania / Randi Barndon -- Toward an achaeology of secrecy : power, paradox, and the great gods of Samothrace / Sandra Blakely -- Political economy and the routinization of religious movements : a view from the eastern Woodlands / Robin A. Beck Jr. and James A. Brown -- Deconstructing and recomposing the narrative of spiritual life in the Chalcolithic of the southern Levant (4500-3600 BCE) / David Ilan and Yorke M. Rowan -- Materiality and sacred landscapes : Ulúa style marble vases in Honduras / Christina Luke -- Experiencing the spiritual. Meanings and functions of enclosed places in the European Neolithic : a contextual approach to cult, ritual and religion / Peter F. Biehl -- The semiotics of Gunung Kawi : materializing affiliation at ancient and modern Balinese temples / John W. Schoenfelder -- Signs in human hands : a model for the intonated objects / Emily S.K. Anderson -- Conclusions. What should an archaeology of religion look like to a blind archaeologist? / Rosemary A. Joyce.