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Religion at work in a Neolithic society : vital matters

Title
Religion at work in a Neolithic society : vital matters / edited by Ian Hodder, Stanford University.
Publication
  • New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
Hodder, Ian
Description
xx, 382 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
"This book tackles the topic of religion, a broad subject exciting renewed interest across the social and historical sciences. The volume is tightly focused on the early farming village of Çatalhöyük, which has generated much interest both within and outside of archaeology, especially for its contributions to the understanding of early religion. The volume discusses contemporary themes such as materiality, animism, object vitality, and material dimensions of spirituality while at the same time exploring broad evolutionary changes in the ways in which religion has influenced society. The volume results from a unique collaboration between an archaeological team and a range of specialists in ritual and religion"--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The vitalities of Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder -- Different strokes for different folks : Near Eastern Neolithic mortuary practices in perspective / Nigel Goring-Morris and Anna Belfer-Cohen -- Excavating theogonies : anthropomorphic promiscuity and sociographic prudery in the Neolithic and now / F. LeRon Shults -- Religion as anthropomorphism at Çatalhöyük / Stewart Elliott Guthrie -- The historical self : memory and religion at Çatalhöyük / J. Wentzel van Huyssteen -- Modes of religiosity and the evolution of social complexity at Çatalhöyük / Harvey Whitehouse, Camilla Mazzucato, Ian Hodder, and Quentin D. Atkinson -- Relational networks and religious sodalities at Çatalhöyük / Barbara J. Mills -- Using "magic" to think from the material : tracing distributed agency, revelation, and concealment at Çatalhöyük / Carolyn Nakamura and Peter Pels -- "Motherbaby" : a death in childbirth at Çatalhöyük / Kimberley C. Patton and Lori D. Hager -- The hau of the house / Mary Weismantel -- Material register, surface, and form at Çatalhöyük / Victor Buchli -- The use of spatial order in Çatalhöyük material culture / Anke Kamerman -- Theories and their data : interdisciplinary interactions at Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder, with contributions from project participants -- Postscript : On devotion at Çatalhöyük / Alejandro Garcia-Rivera.
Call Number
JFF 14-583
ISBN
  • 9781107047334 (hardback)
  • 1107047331 (hardback)
  • 9781107671263 (paperback)
  • 1107671264 (paperback)
LCCN
2013035748
OCLC
859168500
Title
Religion at work in a Neolithic society : vital matters / edited by Ian Hodder, Stanford University.
Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Hodder, Ian, editor.
Research Call Number
JFF 14-583
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