The Archaeology of Ritual

edited by Evangelos Kyriakidis

Book cover: The Archaeology of Ritual

Extent: 336 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: World Archaeology

Series: Cotsen Advanced Seminars

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2007)

ISBN: 9781931745475

5.94 x 9.02 inches

Price: $42.00

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Hardback (Published)

(October 2007)

ISBN: 9781931745482

5.94 x 9.02 inches

Price: $55.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781938770395

Price: $34.00

A wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The product is a fairly accurate representation of research on ritual and the archaeology of ritual: scholars from various disciplines, backgrounds and agendas, arguing mostly in the most logical fashion, yet with little agreement between them. So this book should not be seen as presenting one unified attitude towards ritual and its study in archaeology. It should rather be seen as a reflection of what the discourse in the archaeology of ritual is today. The outcome has been extremely thought-provoking, often controversial, but always of extremely high quality.

  • Edited by Evangelos Kyriakidis