Diversity of sacrifice : form and function of sacrificial practices in the ancient world and beyond /

"Explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present. The term 'sacrifice' belies what is a complex and varied transhistorical and transcultural phenomenon. Bringing together scholars from such diverse fields as anthropology, archaeology, epigraphy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: University of Buffalo. Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
Otros Autores: Murray, Carrie Ann, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]
Colección:SUNY series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series.
Temas:
To 1500
Sacrifice > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Sacrifice > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Social archaeology > Europe > Congresses.
Social archaeology > Mediterranean Region > Congresses.
Archaeology and religion > Europe > Congresses.
Archaeology and religion > Mediterranean Region > Congresses.
Material culture > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Material culture > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Social interaction > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Social interaction > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Archéologie sociale > Europe > Congrès.
Archéologie et religion > Europe > Congrès.
RELIGION > Reference.
Archaeology and religion
Material culture
Sacrifice
Social archaeology
Social interaction
Europe
Mediterranean Region
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Value and Power of Sacrifice / Carrie Ann Murray
  • Part I. Defining and Redefining the Boundaries of Sacrifice
  • Anthropology and Sacrifice / Phillips Stevens, Jr.
  • A View from a Fen : On the Concept of Sacrifice and the Possibility of Understanding Neolithic Wetland Depositions / Åsa Berggren
  • Gifts from the Gods : A New Look at Some Weapons and Vessels from the Metal Ages / Christoph Huth
  • Post-Domestic Sacrifice : Exploring the Present and Future of Gifts for the Gods / Samantha Hurn
  • Part II. Sacrifice Across the Mediterranean World
  • Every Good and Pure Thing : Sacrifice in the Ancient Egyptian Context / Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner
  • The Mythology of Carthaginian Child Sacrifice : A Physical Anthropological Perspective / Jeffrey H. Schwartz
  • The Art of Ancient Greek Sacrifice : Spectacle, Gaze, Performance / Tyler Jo Smith
  • Etruscan Human Sacrifice : The Case of Tarquinia / Nancy de Grummond
  • Part III. Exploring Exceptional Cases of Sacrifice
  • Human Sacrifice as "Crisis Management"? : The Case of the Early Neolithic Site of Herxheim, Palatinate, Germany / Andrea Zeeb-Lanz, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Silja Bauer, Bruno Boulestin, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Anthony Denaire, Fabian Haack, Christian Jeunesse, Dirk Schimmelpfennig, Rouven Turck
  • Dog Sacrifice at the Protohistoric Site of Mas Castellar (Pontós, Spain) / Enriqueta Pons, Lídia Colominas, Maria Saña
  • Understanding the Death and Burial of Northern European Bog Bodies / Guinevere Granite
  • Part IV. Formularizing and Regularizing Sacrifice
  • Sacrificing the Sign : The Alphabet as an Offering in Ancient Israel or A Classicist's Read on the Ritual Law of the Sotah / Roger Woodard
  • Ancient Greek Laws on Sacrifice / Michael Gagarin
  • In What Way Is Christ's Death a Sacrifice? : Theories of Sacrifice and Theologies of the Cross / S. Mark Heim.

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