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This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the
archaeology of domestic architecture. Covering major theoretical
and methodological developments over recent decades in areas like
social institutions, settlement types, gender, status, and power,
this book addresses the developing understanding of where and how
people in the past created and used domestic space. It will be a
useful synthesis for scholars and an ideal text for advanced
undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology and architecture.
The book-covers the relationship of architectural decisions of
ancient peoples with our understanding of social and cultural
institutions;-includes cases from every continent and all time
periods-- from the Paleolithic of Europe to present-day African
villages;-is ideal for the growing number of courses on household
archaeology, social archaeology, and historical and vernacular
architecture.
The new and updated edition of Archaeology of Religion explores how
archaeology interprets past religions, offering insights into how
archaeologists seek out the religious, ritual, and symbolic meaning
behind what they discover in their research. The book includes case
studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Palaeolithic
and hunter-gatherer religions to religious structures and practices
in complex societies of the Americas, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India,
and China. Steadman also includes chapters on the origins and
development of key contemporary religions—Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, among others—to provide an historical and comparative
context. Three main themes are threaded throughout the book. These
main themes involve the intersection between cultural and religious
structures ("religion reflects culture"), including the importance
of environment in shaping a culture’s religion, the role religion
can sometimes play as a method of social control, and the role
religion can sometimes play as a key component in revitalizing a
culture. Updated with new discoveries and theories and with two new
chapters (Hunter-Gatherer Religions, and Cultures in East Asia),
and with new sections on Neolithic Western Asia, the book remains
an ideal introduction for courses that include a significant
component on past cultures and their religions.
Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology
interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book
includes case studies from around the world, from the study of
Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to
formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key
contemporary religions--Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, among
others--to provide an historical and comparative context. This is
an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes
that include a significant component on "past religions," as well
as an excellent guide for general readers.
The new and updated edition of Archaeology of Religion explores how
archaeology interprets past religions, offering insights into how
archaeologists seek out the religious, ritual, and symbolic meaning
behind what they discover in their research. The book includes case
studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Palaeolithic
and hunter-gatherer religions to religious structures and practices
in complex societies of the Americas, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India,
and China. Steadman also includes chapters on the origins and
development of key contemporary religions—Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, among others—to provide an historical and comparative
context. Three main themes are threaded throughout the book. These
main themes involve the intersection between cultural and religious
structures ("religion reflects culture"), including the importance
of environment in shaping a culture’s religion, the role religion
can sometimes play as a method of social control, and the role
religion can sometimes play as a key component in revitalizing a
culture. Updated with new discoveries and theories and with two new
chapters (Hunter-Gatherer Religions, and Cultures in East Asia),
and with new sections on Neolithic Western Asia, the book remains
an ideal introduction for courses that include a significant
component on past cultures and their religions.
Agency theory examines the relationship between individuals or
groups when one party is doing work on behalf of another. 'Agency
and Identity in the Ancient Near East' offers a theoretical study
of agency and identity in Near Eastern archaeology, an area which
until now has been largely ignored by archaeologists. The book
explores how agency theory can be employed in reconstructing the
meaning of spaces and material culture, how agency and identity
intersect, and how the availability of a textual corpus may impact
on the agency approach. Ranging from the Neolithic to the Islamic
period, 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' covers sites
located in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The
volume includes contributions from philology, art, history,
computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology
of settlement and architecture.
Concepts of agency and identity have penetrated very little into
practices and research agendas in Near Eastern archaeology. This
volume addresses this lack, and initiates a new level of
theoretical discourse in the field. Several themes run throughout
the chapters in the volume, including: how agency theory can be
employed in reconstructing the meaning of spaces and material
culture; how agency and identity intersect and how archaeologists
might investigate this intersection; how the availability of a
textual corpus may impact the agency approach. An overarching goal
of this volume is to advance the theoretical discourse within
archaeology, and particularly among practitioners of archaeology in
the Near East. The volume is interdisciplinary, including
contributions derived from the fields of philology, art history,
computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology
of settlement, architecture, and empire. It offers chapters ranging
in time from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, and covers
cultures and sites located in the present-day regions of Turkey,
Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel.
Ancient Complex Societies examines the archaeological evidence for
the rise and functioning of politically and socially "complex"
cultures in antiquity. Particular focus is given to civilizations
exhibiting positions of leadership, social and administrative
hierarchies, emerging and already developed complex religious
systems, and economic differentiation. Case studies are drawn from
around the globe, including Asia, the Mediterranean region, and the
American continents. Using case studies from Africa, Polynesia, and
North America, discussion is dedicated to identifying what
"complex" means and when it should be applied to ancient systems.
Each chapter attempts to not only explore the sociopolitical and
economic elements of ancient civilizations, but to also present an
overview of what life was like for the later population within each
system, sometimes drilling down to individual people living their
daily lives. Throughout the chapters, the authors address problems
with the idea of complexity, the incomparability of cultures, and
the inconsistency of archaeological and historical evidence in
reconstructing ancient cultures.
This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the
archaeology of domestic architecture. Covering major theoretical
and methodological developments over recent decades in areas like
social institutions, settlement types, gender, status, and power,
this book addresses the developing understanding of where and how
people in the past created and used domestic space. It will be a
useful synthesis for scholars and an ideal text for advanced
undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology and architecture.
The book-covers the relationship of architectural decisions of
ancient peoples with our understanding of social and cultural
institutions;-includes cases from every continent and all time
periods-- from the Paleolithic of Europe to present-day African
villages;-is ideal for the growing number of courses on household
archaeology, social archaeology, and historical and vernacular
architecture.
Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology
interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book
includes case studies from around the world, from the study of
Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to
formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key
contemporary religions--Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, among
others--to provide an historical and comparative context. This is
an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes
that include a significant component on "past religions," as well
as an excellent guide for general readers.
Ancient Complex Societies examines the archaeological evidence for
the rise and functioning of politically and socially "complex"
cultures in antiquity. Particular focus is given to civilizations
exhibiting positions of leadership, social and administrative
hierarchies, emerging and already developed complex religious
systems, and economic differentiation. Case studies are drawn from
around the globe, including Asia, the Mediterranean region, and the
American continents. Using case studies from Africa, Polynesia, and
North America, discussion is dedicated to identifying what
"complex" means and when it should be applied to ancient systems.
Each chapter attempts to not only explore the sociopolitical and
economic elements of ancient civilizations, but to also present an
overview of what life was like for the later population within each
system, sometimes drilling down to individual people living their
daily lives. Throughout the chapters, the authors address problems
with the idea of complexity, the incomparability of cultures, and
the inconsistency of archaeological and historical evidence in
reconstructing ancient cultures.
With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age,
this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual
practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through
the lenses of their material remains. The book begins with a
theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion and
features editor introductions to each of its six parts, which
tackle the following themes: the human body; religious
architecture; the written word; sacred images; the spirituality of
animals; and the sacred role of the landscape. Illustrated with
over 100 images, chapters provide insight into every element of
religion and materiality, from the largest building to the smallest
amulet. This is a benchmark work for further studies on material
religion in the ancient Near East and Egypt.
No Place Like Home: Ancient Near Eastern Houses and Households had
its genesis in a series of six popular and well-attended ASOR
conference sessions on Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near
East. A selection of papers are presented here, together with four
invited contributions. The 18 chapters are organized in three
thematic sections. Chapters in the first, Architecture as Archive
of Social Space, profile houses as records of the lives of
inhabitants, changing and adapting with residents; many offer a
background focus on how human behavior is shaped by the walls of
one’s own home. This section also includes innovative approaches
to understanding who dwelled in these homes. For instances, one
chapter explores evidence for children in a house, another surveys
what it was like to live in a military barracks. The middle
section, The Active Household, focuses on the evidence for how
residents carried out household activities including work and food
preparation. Chapters include the ‘heart of household
archaeology’ in their application of activity area research, but
also drill down to the social significance of what residents were
doing or eating, and where such actions were taking place. The
final section, Ritual Space at Home, features studies on the house
as ritual space. The entire complement of chapters provides the
latest research on houses and households spanning the Chalcolithic
to the Roman periods and from Turkey to Egypt.
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of
comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological,
linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian
scholarship in the 21st century. Anatolia is home to early complex
societies and great empires, and was the destination of many
migrants, visitors, and invaders. The offerings in this volume
bring this reality to life as the chapters unfold nearly ten
thousand years (ca. 10,000-323 BCE) of peoples, languages, and
diverse cultures who lived in or traversed Anatolia over these
millennia. The contributors combine descriptions of current
scholarship on important discussion and debates in Anatolian
studies with new and cutting edge research for future directions of
study. The fifty-four chapters are presented in five separate
sections that range in topic from chronological and geographical
overviews to anthropologically based issues of culture contact and
imperial structures, and from historical settings of entire
millennia to crucial data from key sites across the region. The
contributers to the volume represent the best scholars in the field
from North America, Europe, Turkey, and Asia. The appearance of
this volume offers the very latest collection of studies on the
fascinating peninsula known as Anatolia.
This third volume in the Archaeology of Anatolia series offers
reports on the most recent discoveries from across the Anatolian
peninsula. Periods covered here span the Epipalaeolithic to the
Medieval, and sites and regions range from the western Anatolian
coast to Van, as well as the southeast. The contributors offer
nearly real-time updates on their ongoing excavations and surveys
across the Anatolian landscape. A new section in this third volume,
"The State of the Field," presents the latest findings in critical
areas of Anatolian archaeology. The Archaeology of Anatolia series
represents a forum for scholars to report their most recent data to
a global audience, allowing for productive engagement with others
working in and near Anatolia. Published every two years, it is an
invaluable vehicle through which working archaeologists may carry
out their most critical task: the presentation of their fieldwork
and laboratory research in a timely fashion.
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