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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791083403321

Titolo

Ritual failure : archaeological perspectives / / edited by Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri & Jeff Sanders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Sidestone Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

90-8890-221-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KoutrafouriVasiliki G

SandersJeff

Soggetti

Archaeology and religion

Religion, Prehistoric

Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric

Excavations (Archaeology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Ritual Failure' is a new concept in archaeology adopted from the discipline of anthropology. Resilient religious systems disappearing, strict believers and faithful practitioners not performing their rites, entire societies changing their customs: how does a religious ritual system transform, change or disappear, leaving only traces of its past glory? Do societies change and then their ritual? Or do customs change first, in turn provoking wider cultural shifts in society? Archaeology possesses the tools and methodologies to explore these questions over the long term; from the emergence of a s