Brian Hayden

The Power of Ritual In Prehistory

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Produktbeschreibung

Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 968g
• ISBN-13: 9781108426398
• ISBN-10: 1108426395
• Artikelnr.: 52531060

Autorenporträt

Brian Hayden is a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University. In addition to excavating sites on three continents, he has conducted ethnoarchaeological research in Australia, British Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia. These studies have resulted in new models of domestication, feasting, social inequalities, and now ritual and religion. Hayden has been recognized for this pioneering work as a member of the Royal Society of Canada. His other works include The Power of Feasts (Cambridge, 2014), Shamans, Sorcerers, and Saints: A Prehistory of Religion (2003), and Archaeology: The Science of Once and Future Things (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The secret
Part I. The New World: 2. The complex hunter/gatherers of the American Northwest
3. California
4. The American Southwest and Mesoamerica
5. Plains secret societies
6. The Eastern woodlands and others
Part II. The Old World: 7. Oceania
8. Chiefdoms in Central Africa
9. West Africa
Part III. Implications For Prehistory: 10. Archaeological applications
11. Conclusions.