Sacred killing: the archaeology of sacrifice in the ancient Near East

Archaeology and Sacrifice / Glenn M. Schwartz -- On Cakti-Filled Bodies and Divinities : An Ethnographic Perspective on Animal Sacrifice and Ritual in Contemporary South India, with an Introduction by Anne Porter / Gillian Goslinga -- Socio-Political Implications of Neolithic Foundation Deposits and...

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Contributors: Porter, Anne 1957- (Editor) ; Schwartz, Glenn M. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Winona Lake, Ind. Eisenbrauns 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Porter, Anne, Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East] (2014) (Babcock, Bryan C.)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ancient Orient / Victim (Religion) / Archaeology
RelBib Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Sacrifice (Middle East) History To 1500
B Middle East Religious life and customs
B Sacrifice History To 1500 Middle East
B Near East
B Archaeology
B History of religion studies
B Victim Religion
B Middle East Antiquities
B Social archaeology (Middle East)
B Rites and ceremonies (Middle East) History To 1500
B Rites and ceremonies History To 1500 Middle East
B Social archaeology Middle East
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Summary:Archaeology and Sacrifice / Glenn M. Schwartz -- On Cakti-Filled Bodies and Divinities : An Ethnographic Perspective on Animal Sacrifice and Ritual in Contemporary South India, with an Introduction by Anne Porter / Gillian Goslinga -- Socio-Political Implications of Neolithic Foundation Deposits and the Possibility of Child Sacrifice : A Case Study at Catalhoeyuek, Turkey / Sharon Moses -- Hunting Sacrifice at Neolithic Catalhoeyuek / Nerissa Russell -- On Human and Animal Sacrifice in the Late Neolithic at Domuztepe / Elizabeth Carter -- Bludgeoned, Burned, and Beautified : Reevaluating Mortuary Practices in the Royal Cemetery of Ur / Aubrey Baadsgaard, Janet Monge, and Richard L. Zettler -- Restoring Order : Death, Display, and Authority / Jill A. Weber -- Mortal Mirrors : Creating Kin through Human Sacrifice in Third Millennium Syro-Mesopotamia / Anne Porter -- Scripts of Animal Sacrifice in Levantine Culture-History / Brian Hesse, Paula Wapnish, and Jonathan Greer -- Human and Animal Sacrifice at Galatian Gordion : The Uses of Ritual in a Multi-ethnic Community / Mary M. Voigt -- Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East : Offering and Ritual Killing / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- On Sacrifice : An Archaeology of Shang Sacrifice / Roderick Campbell
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1575062364