Religion in the Emergence of Civilization (eBook, ePUB)

Catalhoyuk as a Case Study
Redaktion: Hodder, Ian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines Catalhoyuk as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, Catalhoyuk was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. It is thus an ideal location for exploring theories about the role of religion in early settled life. This book provides a unique overview of current debates concerning religion and its historical variations. Through exploration of themes including the integration of the spiritual and the material, the role of belief in religion, the cognitive bases for religion, and religion's social roles, this book situates the results from Catalhoyuk within a broader understanding of the Neolithic in the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511993589
• Artikelnr.: 52941672

Inhaltsangabe

1. Probing religion at Çatalhöyük: an interdisciplinary experiment Ian
Hodder; 2. The symbolism of Çatalhöyük in its regional context Ian Hodder
and Lynn Meskell; 3. Spiritual entanglement: transforming religious symbols
at Çatalhöyük LeRon Shults; 4. Coding the non-visible: epistemic
limitations and understanding symbolic behavior at Çatalhöyük Wentzel van
Huyssteen; 5. Modes of religiosity at Çatalhöyük Harvey Whitehouse and Ian
Hodder; 6. Is there religion at Çatalhöyük ... or just houses? Maurice
Bloch; 7. History houses: a new interpretation of architectural elaboration
at Çatalhöyük Ian Hodder and Peter Pels; 8. Marked, absent, habitual:
approaches to Neolithic religion at Çatalhöyük Webb Keane; 9. Temporalities
of religion at Çatalhöyük Peter Pels; 10. The Neolithic cosmos of
Çatalhöyük Paul Wason; 11. Magical deposits at Çatalhöyük: a matter of time
and place? Carolyn Nakamura; 12. Conclusions and evaluation Ian Hodder.