Agent of Change (eBook)

The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past

E. Charles Adams, Barbara Roth (Herausgeber)

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2021
256 Seiten
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-929-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Ash is an important and yet understudied aspect of ritual deposition in the archaeological record of North America. Ash has been found in a wide variety of contexts across many regions and often it is associated with rare or unusual objects or in contexts that suggest its use in the transition or transformation of houses and ritual features. Drawn from across the U.S. and Mesoamerica, the chapters in this volume explore the use, meanings, and cross-cultural patterns present in the use of ash. and highlight the importance of ash in ritual closure, social memory, and cultural transformation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: ancestors • Ancient Cultures • Anthropology • antiquities archaeology • archaeological record • archaeology • Catastrophe • caves and caverns • cross cultural patterns • Cultural patterns • Cultural Transformation • engaging • fire • indigenous studies • Mesoamerica • Native Americans • North America • Page Turner • phenomenon • Realistic • Religion • religious rituals • ritual deposition • scientists • Social Memory • Social Science • unusual objects
• ISBN-10: 1-80539-929-2 / 1805399292
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80539-929-2 / 9781805399292