Belief in the Past: The Proceedings of the 2002 Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion (British Archaeological Reports British Series, 1212)

edited by Timothy Insoll

ISBN 10: 1841715751 / ISBN 13: 9781841715759

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2004

About this Item

ii, 136 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. This book includes papers from the proceedings of the Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion held at Ashburne Hall, The University of Manchester, in September 2002.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Belief in the Past: The Proceedings of the 2002 Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion (British Archaeological Reports British Series, 1212)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841715751
• ISBN 13: 9781841715759
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

This collection of twelve papers, the proceedings of a conference on archaeology and religion held in Manchester in 2002, aims to bring together these two fields which have had an unhappy relationship in the past. `Ritual' is the last resort when the archaeological evidence resists interpretation, perhaps because, as Timothy Insoll argues, archaeologists view the world through secular eyes. The contributions examine a range of sites, from different periods and cultures, in order to suggest new ways of assessing the material evidence. Religion, after all, might have been the primary factor in shaping past societies. Subjects include: the archaeology of Norse religion; the archaeology of the Mesaran Tholos tombs; cult places in Minoan Crete; the Neolithic `Sweet Track' of Somerset; neurophenomenology; the archaeology of Ethiopian monasticism; smelting iron in Ethiopia; India's `Temple City'; the modern history of Sanchi, a site of Buddhist monuments; royal funerals and sacrifices in Nepal; Christianity and conversion in south-west Britain.

About the Author

Timothy Insoll