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Religion in the ancient world, and ancient Egyptian religion in particular, is often perceived as static, hierarchically organised, and centred on priests, tombs, and temples. Engagement with archaeological and textual evidence dispels these beguiling if superficial narratives, however. Individuals and groups continuously shaped their environments, and were shaped by them in turn. This volume explores the ways in which this adaptation, negotiation, and reconstruction of religious understandings took place. The material results of these processes are termed 'cultural geography'. The volume examines this 'cultural geography' through the study of three vectors of religious agency: religious practices, the transmission of texts and images, and the study of religious landscapes." - Back cover

Egypt --- Religion. --- Religion --- Archaeology and religion

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'Shamanism' is a term with specific anthropological roots, but which is used more generally to cover a set of interactions between a practitioner or 'shaman' and a spiritual or religious realm beyond the reach of most members of the community. It has often been considered from an anthropological viewpoint, but this book gathers the most recent studies on a subject which has not been comprehensively studied by archaeologists. By putting together experts from two continents who have studied the phenomenon of shamanism, Lands of the Shamans, through carefully selected case studies, uses the archaeological evidence to construct the shamans' worldview, landscape, and cosmology.Recent interdisciplinary studies support the idea of the existence of shamanistic representations as long ago as the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic, but at the same time, do not follow developments during the history of humankind. As ethnographic evidence shows, shamanistic activity represents a complex phenomenon that is extremely diversified, its spiritual activity possessing a large variety of expressions in the material culture. In other words, shamanism could be defined as a series of differing spiritual world views which model the material culture and the landscape.Throughout the archaeological record of all prehistoric and historic periods, there is a series of visual representations and objects, and landscape alterations that could be ascribed to these differing world views, many thought to represent shamanistic cognition and activity. The shaman's landscape reveals itself to the world as one of multifaceted spiritual and material activity. Consequently, this first book dedicated completely to the shamanistic landscape presents in fresh perspective the landscapes of the lower and upper worlds as well as their phenomenological experience. Case Studies come from Europe, North America, and Asia.

Social archaeology. --- Shamanism. --- Archaeology and religion. --- Archaeology --- Religion and archaeology --- Religion --- Religions --- Religious aspects --- Methodology

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This book discusses one of the most actual subjects, namely the attempt to surpass the limits of contemporary scientific paradigm, by presenting some of the problems of archaeology trying to approach the spirituality of the Past. It brings together some of the archaeologists from Western and Eastern Europe, and the USA, who, more or less obviously, have used their experientiality to approach the concepts of life (or cosmovision) of ancient peoples' mystic experience. The book intends to pres...

Archaeology. --- Spirituality. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Spiritual life --- Archaeology and religion.

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'Ritual Failure' is a new concept in archaeology adopted from the discipline of anthropology. Resilient religious systems disappearing, strict believers and faithful practitioners not performing their rites, entire societies changing their customs: how does a religious ritual system transform, change or disappear, leaving only traces of its past glory? Do societies change and then their ritual? Or do customs change first, in turn provoking wider cultural shifts in society? Archaeology possesses the tools and methodologies to explore these questions over the long term; from the emergence of a s

Archaeology and religion. --- Religion, Prehistoric. --- Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Prehistoric rites and ceremonies --- Prehistoric religion --- Religion and archaeology --- Religion --- Religious aspects

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Purity is a cultural construct that had a central role in the forming and the development of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean. This volume analyzes concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the main cultures of Antiquity, and discusses from a comparative perspective their parallel developments and transformations. The perspective adopted is both synchronic and diachronic; the comparative approach takes into account points of contact and mutual influences, but also includes major transcultural trends. A number of renowned specialists contribute a large variety of perspectives and approaches, combining archaeology, epigraphy and social history; in addition, particular attention is given to concepts of purity in ancient Israel and early Judaism as a ‘test-case’ of sorts. Through its extensive coverage, the volume contributes decisively to the present discussion about the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world.

Rites and ceremonies. --- Purity, Ritual. --- Purity, Ritual --- Archaeology and religion. --- Rites et cérémonies --- Pureté rituelle --- Archéologie et religion --- Judaism. --- Judaïsme --- Mediterranean Region --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Religion. --- Religion --- 221.08*4 --- -Archaeology and religion. --- Religion and archaeology --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: cultus --- Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- Reinheid. --- Gebruiken. --- Jodendom. --- Middellandse-Zeegebied. --- 291.3 Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- 221.08*4 Theologie van het Oude Testament: cultus --- Archaeology and religion --- Rites and ceremonies --- 291.3 --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Immersion (Judaism) --- Purity, Ritual (Judaism) --- Ceremonial purity --- Clean and unclean --- Cleanliness, Ritual --- Purity, Ceremonial --- Ritual purity --- Archaeology --- Judaism --- Religious aspects --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Godsdienst. --- Klassieke oudheid. --- History of doctrines --- History of doctrines. --- RELIGION / Reference --- History of religion