Mortuary Practices and Ritual Associations (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 982)

Staller, John E.; Currie, Elizabeth J.

ISBN 10: 184171268X / ISBN 13: 9781841712680

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2001

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iv, 143 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. This volume has its origins in a symposium on South American Prehistory that took place at the Chicago 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in 1999. The 11 papers here reveal a pre-Hispanic world rich in metaphor and symbolism relating human beings to their origins and ancestral past, the wider natural world and their place within it. The shamanic world is one wherein symbols and symbolic behaviour are actively employed in mediating with the Otherworld and its visionary inhabitants. The sites visited include Macchu Picchu, the Moche Mountains, and Coastal Ecuador.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mortuary Practices and Ritual Associations (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 982)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184171268X
• ISBN 13: 9781841712680
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

Ten papers plus an introduction, some of which are taken from a symposium held at the SAA in Chicago in 1999, on the recognition of shamanic traditions within funerary contexts in South America and how to address the diversity within the shamanic elements represented. This is not the place to find an in-depth discussion of the definition of shamanism, but it is where you will find a number of case studies.

About the Author

John E. Staller and Elizabeth J. Currie