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The archaeology of ancestors : death, memory, and veneration
Contributors to this volume demonstrate that ancestor veneration was about much more than claiming property rights - the spirits of the dead were central to domestic disputes, displays of wealth, and power and status relationships. Case studies from China, Africa, Europe, and Mesoamerica use the evi...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville, FL
: University Press of Florida
, September 2016
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813062518.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Erica Hill and Jon B. Hageman |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Florida Scholarship Online / Archaeology Collection |
| Summary: | Contributors to this volume demonstrate that ancestor veneration was about much more than claiming property rights - the spirits of the dead were central to domestic disputes, displays of wealth, and power and status relationships. Case studies from China, Africa, Europe, and Mesoamerica use the evidence of art, architecture, ritual and burial practices to explore the complex roles of ancestors. Revisiting ancestors -- Leveraging the dead: the ethnography of ancestors / Jon B. Hageman and Erica Hill -- The archaeology of ancestors / Erica Hill and Jon B. Hageman -- Memory, power, and death in Chinese history and prehistory / Roderick Campbell -- Achieving ancestorhood in Ancient Greece / Carla Antonaccio -- The ethnoarchaeology of West African ancestors: Kusasi shrines and domestic space / Charles Mather -- Discovering ancestors -- Landscapes of ancestors: the structuring of space around Iron Age funerary monuments in Central Europe / Matthew L. Murray -- Royal ancestor construction and veneration in the House of Habsburg / Estella Weiss-Krejci -- Images of ancestors: identifying the revered dead in Moche iconography / Erica Hill -- Where the ancestors live: shrines and their meaning among the classic Maya / Jon B. Hageman |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2016.. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 9780813051154 |
