Field manual for the archaeology of ritual, religion, and magic. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: C. Riley Augé.
• Authors: Augé, C. Riley
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgments Introduction ; The Basics: What Everyone Should Know; Most Common Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Tropes; Common Attributes of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Material Culture Chapter One: Defining Ritual, Religion, and Magic ; Definitions; Magical Agency Chapter Two: Classification and Typology ; Creating classification systems; Criteria for Identifying Ritual in Archaeological Contexts; Criteria for Identifying Magic in Archaeological Contexts; Witch Bottle Typology; Concealed Cat Typology; Concealed Footwear Typology; Gender and Ascribing Usage Chapter Three: Ritual, Religion, and Magic Functions and Devices ; Divination; Fertility; Healing; Love and Marriage; Maleficium; Mortuary; Propitiation/Immolation; Protection; Success; Treasure Hunting Chapter Four: Ritual, Religion, and Magic by Ethnicity and Religion ; African/African American; Ancient World; Arctic-Subarctic/Pacific Northwest; Asian; Australian/South Pacific; European/American; Latin/Mesoamerican; Mediterranean/Classical; Middle Eastern/Indian; Native American; Scandinavian; Buddhism; Candomblé; Christianity; Confucianism; Daoism; Hinduism; Islam; Jainism; Judaism; Mormonism; Rastafarianism; Santería-Regla de Ocha; Shinto; Sikhism; Voudou; Zoroastrianism; Ritual and Magical Practitioners Chapter Five: Ritual, Religion, and Magic at Particular Site Types ; Ceremonial (feasting, food procurement, initiation, military, political); Conflict (battlefields, fortifications, jails/prisons, prisoner camps/detention centers); Monumental (burials, cultural markers, guardian statuary, memorials); Mortuary (burials, cemeteries, cenotaphs); Mundane/Secular (commercial, domestic, institutional, occupational, public); Sacred (pilgrimage, religious features, religious structures, sacrifice); Underwater (inundated sites, plane wrecks and shipwrecks) Chapter Six: Ritualistic, Sacred, and Magical Landscapes ; Astronomical Associations and Structures; Cosmological Modeling; Culturally Modified Ecofacts (CMEs); Directional Orientation; Elementals; Flora & Fauna; Geological, Geographical, and Other Natural Markers; Light/Dark; Seasonality; Soundscapes; Travel Corridors; Viewsheds; Vertical/Horizontal Associations Chapter Seven: Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Material Culture by Material Type and Attribute ; Ceramic; Color; Fauna; Flora; Glass; Metal; Mineral/Lithic/Soil; Numbers; Symbols, Designs, and Images; Textiles and Clothing Chapter Eight: Sensory Elements in Ritual, Religion, and Magic ; Affective; Auditory; Gustatory (Taste); Olfactory; Tactility/Haptic; Vestibular; Vision Chapter Nine: Forms and Templates ; Burial Site Survey Form; Burial Recordation Form; Conflict and Battlefield Recordation Form; Individual Figurine/Statuary/Figural Vessel Recordation Form; Intentionally Concealed Object (ICO) Recordation Form; Plant Recordation and Collection Form; Quotidian and Occupational Site Recordation Form; Religious, Ceremonial, and Formal Ritual Building Recordation Form; Ritual Landscape Recordation Form; Ritual/Magic Assemblage Recordation Form; Rock Art Recordation Form; Censors; Crosses; Figurines Chapter Ten: Technologies, Methodologies, and Analyses ; 3-D Scanning; Accessibility Analysis; Botanical Analysis; Chemical Residue and DNA Analysis; Geophysical Survey; Mapping; Measuring; Photography Chapter Eleven: Resources ; Databases; Researchers; Museums & Archives Glossaries ; Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Gems and Other Stones; Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Plants; Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Terms; For Further Reading; Attribute Analysis; Ethnic Studies; Artifact Material Types; Sensory and Landscape Studies; Mortuary Studies; Ritual and Magic Theory; General Sources Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201.69301; Archaeology and religion; Ritualism; Magic; Ethnoarchaeology -- Fieldwork; Archaeology -- Technique
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800735040
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