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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183262328 Title: Belief in the past : theoretical approaches to the archaeology of religion Author: David S Whitley; Kelley Hays-Gilpin; Society for American Archaeology. Meeting; American Anthropological Association. Meeting Publisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9781598743418 1598743414 9781598743425 1598743422 OCLC:183262328

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Belief in the past : theoretical approaches to the archaeology of religion

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Belief in the past : theoretical approaches to the archaeology of religion

Author:	David S Whitley; Kelley Hays-Gilpin; Society for American Archaeology. Meeting; American Anthropological Association. Meeting
Publisher:	Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:	Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Many articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. This volume considers new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.
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Genre/Form:	Congresses
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Belief in the past. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2008 (OCoLC)642418007
Material Type:	Conference publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	David S Whitley; Kelley Hays-Gilpin; Society for American Archaeology. Meeting; American Anthropological Association. Meeting Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781598743418 1598743414 9781598743425 1598743422
OCLC Number:	183262328
Notes:	"With one exception, the papers in this volume originated in a session presented at the 2004 Society for American Archaeology meetings, in Montreal, "Faith in the past: theorizing an archaeology of religion. The exception is Michael Winkelman's paper, which was presented in 2005 at a meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Atlanta"--P. 20.
Description:	289 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents:	Religion beyond icon, burial and monument : an introduction / David S. Whitley and Kelley Hays-Gilpin -- Religion and archaeology : an analytical, materialist account / J. David Lewis-Williams -- Cross-cultural and biogenetic perspectives on the origins of shamanism / Michael Winkelman -- Supernatural metaphors and belief in the past : defining an archaeology of religion / David S. Whitley -- Centering historical-archaeological discourse : the prehistory of central Asian/south Siberian shamanism / Andrzej Rozwadowski -- Text versus image : the implications of physical evidence for Buddhist history / Robert DeCaroli -- Delegitimizing religion : the archaeology of religion as- archaeology / Lars Fogelin -- Bodylore and the archaeology of embedded religion : dramatic license in the funerals of the Vikings / Neil S. Price -- Historical-processual archaeology and culture making : unpacking the southern cult and Mississippian religion / Thomas E. Emerson and Timothy R. Pauketat -- Discontinuity between political power and religious status : mountains, pools, and dry ones among Venda-speaking chiefdoms of southern Africa / Johannes H.N. Loubser -- Shrines of the land and places of power : religion and the transition to farming in western Europe / Chris Scarre -- Northern landscapes, northern mind : on the trail of an 'Archaeology of hunter-gatherer belief' / Peter Jordan -- Archaeology and women's ritual business / Kelley Hays-Gilpin -- Traditional knowledge, ritual behavior, and contemporary interpretations of the archaeological record - an Ojibwa perspective / Maria Nieves Zedeño.
Responsibility:	edited by Kelley Hays-Gilpin, David S. Whitley.

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Many articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. This volume considers new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

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