1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452272603321

Autore

Haggis Donald C

Titolo

Kavousi I [[electronic resource] ] : the archaeological survey of the Kavousi Region / / by Donald C. Haggis ; contributions by John T. Ammons ... [et al.] ; edited by Geraldine C. Gesell and Leslie Preston Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : INSTAP Academic Press, 2005

ISBN

1-62303-036-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Prehistory monographs ; ; 16

Altri autori (Persone)

GesellGeraldine Cornelia

DayLeslie Preston

AmmonsJohn T

Disciplina

939/.18

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Kavousi Region

Electronic books.

Kavousi Region (Greece) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""KI_Front.pdf""; ""KI_Ch1""; ""KI_Ch2""; ""KI_Ch3""; ""KI_Ch4""; ""KI_Ch5""; ""KI_Ch6_newt_v2""; ""KI_Ch7""; ""KI_App1""; ""KI_App2""; ""KI_App3""; ""KI_App4""; ""KI_Bib""; ""KI_Index""; ""KI_Tables""; ""KI_Figs""; ""KI_Plates""

Sommario/riassunto

Kavousi I is the initial volume of the Kavousi Excavation Series, which presents the final report of the Kavousi Project, a program of archaeological investigation near the modern village of Kavousi in eastern Crete. Subsequent volumes will publish the results of the 1987-1992 excavations at the Vronda and Kastro sites in the Siteia Mountains overlooking Kavousi and of the cleaning and new study of the excavations of Harriet Boyd in 1900 and 1901. This volume, Kavousi I: The Archaeological Survey of the Kavousi Region , provides a comprehensive look at the topography of the area, its natural r



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003789069707536

Autore

Shu, Frank H.

Titolo

The physical universe : an introduction to astronomy / Frank H. Shu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mill Valley, Calif. : University Science Books, c1982

ISBN

9780935702057

Descrizione fisica

xi, 584 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

Collana

A Series of books in astronomy

Classificazione

LC QB43.2

Disciplina

523

Soggetti

Astronomy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797218403321

Titolo

Locating the sacred : theoretical approaches to the emplacement of religion / / edited by Cecelia Feldman and Claudia Moser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakville : , : Oxbow Books, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-78297-617-5

1-78297-619-1

Edizione

[First [edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Joukowsky Institute publication ; ; 3

Disciplina

203/.8

Soggetti

Ritual

Rites and ceremonies

Religion and geography

Sacred space

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Contributor Addresses; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Linear Reflections: Ritual Memory and Material Repetition at the Thirteen Altars at Lavinium; Chapter 3: Re-Placing the Nile: Water and Mimesis in the Roman Practice of Egyptian Religion at Pergamon; Chapter 4: Itinerant Creeds: The Chinese Northern Frontier; Chapter 5: The Dig at the End of the World: Archaeology and Apocalypse. Tourism in the Valley of Armageddon

Chapter 6: Power of Place: Ruler, Landscape and Ritual Space at The Sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia MinorChapter 7: Transforming the Surroundings and its Impact on Cult Rituals: The Case Study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth  Century; Chapter 8: The Sacred Houses in Neolithic Wansan Society; Chapter 9: Putting Religious Ritual in its Place: On Some Ways Humans' Cognitive Predilections Influence the Locations and Shapes of Religious Rituals; Chapter 10: The Aptitude for Sacred Space; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ritual happens in distinct places - in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes - and religious activities there incorporate a diverse



set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts. Understanding religious ritual requires viewing it not as a disembodied event, but as emplaced, grounded in both built and natural surroundings, and integrated with its associated material objects. Here authors examine various religious practices in the Greco-Roman world and pilgrimage routes in contemporary Israel. Other contributions focus on the East, on domestic religion in prehistoric Tai