Format:
VII, 328 S.
,
Ill., Kart.
,
26 cm
ISBN:
1575062364
,
9781575062365
Content:
Archaeology and Sacrifice / Glenn M. Schwartz -- On Cakti-Filled Bodies and Divinities : An Ethnographic Perspective on Animal Sacrifice and Ritual in Contemporary South India, with an Introduction by Anne Porter / Gillian Goslinga -- Socio-Political Implications of Neolithic Foundation Deposits and the Possibility of Child Sacrifice : A Case Study at Catalhoeyuek, Turkey / Sharon Moses -- Hunting Sacrifice at Neolithic Catalhoeyuek / Nerissa Russell -- On Human and Animal Sacrifice in the Late Neolithic at Domuztepe / Elizabeth Carter -- Bludgeoned, Burned, and Beautified : Reevaluating Mortuary Practices in the Royal Cemetery of Ur / Aubrey Baadsgaard, Janet Monge, and Richard L. Zettler -- Restoring Order : Death, Display, and Authority / Jill A. Weber -- Mortal Mirrors : Creating Kin through Human Sacrifice in Third Millennium Syro-Mesopotamia / Anne Porter -- Scripts of Animal Sacrifice in Levantine Culture-History / Brian Hesse, Paula Wapnish, and Jonathan Greer -- Human and Animal Sacrifice at Galatian Gordion : The Uses of Ritual in a Multi-ethnic Community / Mary M. Voigt -- Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East : Offering and Ritual Killing / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- On Sacrifice : An Archaeology of Shang Sacrifice / Roderick Campbell
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Archaeology and Sacrifice
,
On Cakti-Filled Bodies and Divinities : An Ethnographic Perspective on Animal Sacrifice and Ritual in Contemporary South India, with an Introduction by Anne Porter
,
Socio-Political Implications of Neolithic Foundation Deposits and the Possibility of Child Sacrifice : A Case Study at Catalhoeyuek, Turkey
,
Hunting Sacrifice at Neolithic Catalhoeyuek
,
On Human and Animal Sacrifice in the Late Neolithic at Domuztepe
,
Bludgeoned, Burned, and Beautified : Reevaluating Mortuary Practices in the Royal Cemetery of Ur
,
Restoring Order : Death, Display, and Authority
,
Mortal Mirrors : Creating Kin through Human Sacrifice in Third Millennium Syro-Mesopotamia
,
Scripts of Animal Sacrifice in Levantine Culture-History
,
Human and Animal Sacrifice at Galatian Gordion : The Uses of Ritual in a Multi-ethnic Community
,
Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East : Offering and Ritual Killing
,
On Sacrifice : An Archaeology of Shang Sacrifice
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
Keywords:
Alter Orient
;
Opfer
;
Archäologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
