 | The Archaeology of Shamanism
By Neil S. (Editor) Price
ISBN: 9780415252553
Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 256
Edition: 1st
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Description: The meaning of shamanism has been debated for almost three centuries, ever since the term was coined to describe the activities of those who attained altered states of consciousness in order to mediate between human beings and the supernatural world. The ritual practices that characterised these perceived contacts with the immaterial have left highly physical traces in the archaeological record of prehistoric peoples, and the potential for the recognition of shamanic belief systems in the past is now being realised as never before. In this timely collection, Neil Price provides a general introduction to the archaeology of shamanism by bringing together recent work on the subject. Blending theoretical discussion with detailed case studies, the issues addressed include shamanic material culture, responses to dying and the dead, shamanic soundscapes, the use of ritual architecture and shamanism in the context of other belief systems such as totemism. Following an intial orientation reviewing shamanism as an anthropological construct, the volume focuses on the Northern hemisphere with case studies from Greenland to Nepal, Siberia to Kazakhstan. The papers span a chronological range from Upper Palaeolithic to the present and explore such cross-cutting themes as gender and the body, identity, landscape, social perceptions of animals, prehistoric 'art' as well as shamanic interpretations of rock art and shamanism in the heritage and cultural identity of indigenous peoples. The volume also addresses the interpretation of shamanic beliefs in terms of cognitive neuroscience and the modern public perception of prehistoric shamanism. This book is an essential study of ancient shamanism through its material remains. It serves as a source of front-line case studies for specialists, while making these discussions accessible to a broader public. Archaeologists, anthropologists, historians of religion and psychologists will find the volume a valuable work of reference, as will |
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306.691144Title Statement
- Title:
The archaeology of shamanism - Title:
The archaeology of shamanism / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
edited by Neil S. Price. - Medium:
[electronic resource] /Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
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London ; - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York : - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York ; - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
Routledge, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2001.Physical Description
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239 p. : - Extent:
xii, 239 p. : - Other physical details:
ill. ; - Other physical details:
ill., charts, maps ; - Other physical details:
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ill., maps. - Dimensions:
24 cm. - Dimensions:
25 cm. - Dimensions:
26 cm.General Note:
Each paper includes bibliography.Bibliography, etc. Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.Formatted Contents Note:
Archaeology of altered states : shamanism and material culture studies / Neil S. Price -- Southern African shamanistic rock art in its social and cognitive contexts / J.D. Lewis-Williams -- Rock art and the material culture of Siberian and Central Asian shamanism / Ekaterina Devlet -- Shamans, heroes and ancestors in the bronze castings of western Siberia / Natalia Fedorova -- Suns gods or shamans? : interpreting the 'solar-headed' petroglyphs of Central Asia / Andrzej Rozwadowski -- Materiality of shamanism as a 'world-view' : praxis, artefacts and landscape / Peter Jordan -- Medium of the message : shamanism as localised practice in the Nepal Himalayas / Damian Walter -- Gendered peopling of North America : addressing the antiquity of systems of multiple genders / Sandra E. Hollimon -- Shamanism and the iconography of Palaeo-Eskimo art / Patricia D. Sutherland -- Social bonding and shamanism among Late Dorset groups in High Arctic Greenland / Hans Christian Gull�v and Martin Appelt -- Special objects-- special creatures : shamanistic imagery and the Aurignacian art of south-west Germany / Thomas A. Dowson and Martin Porr -- Sounds of transformation : acoustics, monuments and ritual in the British Neolithic / Aaron Watson -- Ideology of transformation : cremation rites and animal sacrifice in early Anglo-Saxon England / Howard Williams -- Waking ancestor spirits : neo-shamanic engagements with archaeology / Robert J. Wallis. - Statement of responsibility:
Aaron Watson -- - Statement of responsibility:
Andrzej Rozwadowski -- - Statement of responsibility:
Damian Walter -- - Statement of responsibility:
Ekaterina Devlet -- - Statement of responsibility:
Hans Christian Gull├╕v and Martin Appelt -- - Statement of responsibility:
Howard Williams -- - Statement of responsibility:
J.D. Lewis-Williams -- - Statement of responsibility:
Natalia Fedorova -- - Statement of responsibility:
Neil S. Price -- - Statement of responsibility:
Patricia D. Sutherland -- - Statement of responsibility:
Peter Jordan -- - Statement of responsibility:
Robert J. Wallis. - Statement of responsibility:
Sandra E. Hollimon -- - Statement of responsibility:
Thomas A. Dowson and Martin Porr -- - Title:
Archaeology of altered states : shamanism and material culture studies / - Title:
Gendered peopling of North America : addressing the antiquity of systems of multiple genders / - Title:
Ideology of transformation : cremation rites and animal sacrifice in early Anglo-Saxon England / - Title:
Materiality of shamanism as a 'world-view' : praxis, artefacts and landscape / - Title:
Medium of the message : shamanism as localised practice in the Nepal Himalayas / - Title:
Rock art and the material culture of Siberian and Central Asian shamanism / - Title:
Shamanism and the iconography of Palaeo-Eskimo art / - Title:
Shamans, heroes and ancestors in the bronze castings of western Siberia / - Title:
Social bonding and shamanism among Late Dorset groups in High Arctic Greenland / - Title:
Sounds of transformation : acoustics, monuments and ritual in the British Neolithic / - Title:
Southern African shamanistic rock art in its social and cognitive contexts / - Title:
Special objects-- special creatures : shamanistic imagery and the Aurignacian art of south-west Germany / - Title:
Suns gods or shamans? : interpreting the 'solar-headed' petroglyphs of Central Asia / - Title:
Waking ancestor spirits : neo-shamanic engagements with archaeology /Restrictions on Access Note
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2005. - Note about reproduction:
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Ethnoarchaeology. - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Material culture. - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Shamanism.Index Term - Genre/Form
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local. - Genre/form data or focus term:
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Price, Neil S.Added Entry - Corporate Name
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