The sacred body : materializing the divine through human remains in antiquity /

"The human body serves as a symbolic bridge between communities of the living and the divine. This is clearly evident in mythological stories that recount the creation of humans by deities within ancient and contemporaneous societies across a very broad geographical environment. In certain circ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Laneri, Nicola (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2021.
Colección:Material religion in antiquity ; v. 1.
Temas:
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human body > Religious aspects.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Death > Religious aspects.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
Restes humains (Archéologie)
Corps humain > Aspect religieux.
Corps humain > Aspect symbolique.
Mort > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Death > Religious aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Human body > Religious aspects
Human body > Symbolic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The sacred body : introduction / Nicola Laneri
  • Materializing what matters : Ritualized bodies from a time before text / Liv Nilsson Stutz
  • Inscribing bodies in Bronze Age Cyprus / Louise Steel
  • Manufacturing relics : the social construction of the "sacred things" / Arianna Rotondo
  • You're in or you're out : the inclusion or exclusion of sacred royal bodies in the tomb of the 21st Dynasty High Priests of Amen / Kathlyn Cooney
  • Materializing the ancestors : sacred body parts and fragments in the ancient Near East / Melissa S. Cradic
  • Modified bodies : an interpretation of social identity embedded into bones / Yilmaz Selim Erdal and Valentina D'Amico
  • Feeding the divine : Body concepts and human sacrifice among the classic period Maya / Vera Tiesler and Erik Velásquez García.

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