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Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion: The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference
Timothy Insoll
Each of the twenty papers presented in this book is a case study utilising archaeological research, or the results thereof, as a means of furthering our understanding of World Religions, and more specifically with regard to Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. The papers can be classified under five broad headlines: sacred space; theoretical issues; iconography; aspects of a religious whole; and archaeology and the development of Religions.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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Foreword and Acknowledgements
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Introduction. Research Foci in Archaeology and World Religions
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Buddhist landscapes and monastic planning: the elements of intervisibility, surveillance and the protection of relics
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The Early Syriac Liturgical Drama and its Architectural Setting
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The Concept of Sacred Space in the Monasteries of Byzantine Palestine
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Bodh-Gaya: an ancient Buddhist Shrine and its Modern History (1891-1904)
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Ayodhya and the Ethics of Archaeology
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Archaeology, dance and religion in Java: the Prambanan complex
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A Symbol of the Deity: Artistic Rendition of the 'Hand of God' in Ancient Jewish and early Christian Art
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Text, Tradition and Transformation: Mandan's 'Devata-Murti-Prakarnam'
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The Archaeological Visibility of Caste: An Introduction
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Christianity and Islam in the Middle Nile: Towards a study of religion and social change in the long term
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Tadmakkat and the Image of Mecca: Epigraphic Records of the Work of the Imagination in 11th Century West Africa
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The Archaeology of Muslim Pilgrimage and Shrines in Palestine
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Archaeology and Christian Sacred Space at Walsingham
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The Medieval Jewish Quarter of Regensburg and its Synagogue: Archaeological Research 1995-1997
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Archaeology, Noncomformist Missions and the 'Colonisation of Consciousness' in Southern Africa, c. 1820-1900
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Chronos, Saturn, Mithra: Archaeology and the Pagan Origins of Christmas
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Archaeology and Library Work in the Study of Early Christianity
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Published: 1999
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407350783 (ebook)
- 9780860549567 (paperback)
BAR Number: S755
- Ethnoarchaeology / Anthropology
- Egypt and Sudan
- Southeast Asia
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Levant / Near East
- Africa
- Western Europe and Britain
- Bronze Age and Iron Age
- Central and South Asia
- Mesopotamia
- Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
- Late Antiquity and Byzantium
- Early Modern and Modern
- Ritual / Religion / Temples