The Archaeology Of Sacred Spaces
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The Archaeology Of Sacred Spaces
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Author : Susan Verma Mishra
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
The Archaeology Of Sacred Spaces written by Susan Verma Mishra and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with History categories.
This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual instrument that integrates individuals and communities into a cultural fabric. The work shows how these structures emphasise on communication with a host of audiences such as the lay worshipper, the ritual specialist, the royalty and the elite as well as the artisan and the sculptor. It also examines religious imagery, inscriptions, traditional lore and Sanskrit literature. The book will be of special interest to researchers and scholars of ancient Indian history, Hinduism, religious studies, architecture and South Asian studies.
Sacred Spaces
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Author : G. J. Wightman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Sacred Spaces written by G. J. Wightman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Ancient religious architecture categories.
A great deal has been written about religious architecture in ancient cultures, but the great bulk of the literature has tended to be culture-specific. Wightman's volume offers for the first time a comprehensive synopsis of the rich manifestations of religious architecture throughout the ancient world. In addition, the book provides a conceptual framework within which cross-cultural comparisons of religious architecture may usefully take place, and tackles some fundamental issues in relation to the definition and characterisation of sacred space in ancient contexts. The last fifteen years have witnessed the focusing of a great deal of scholarly attention on the archaeology of religions, with the result that today researchers are able to make use of a broad armoury of theoretical and methodological approaches. Yet theory must at all times be tested against material evidence, and here Wightman's volume is timely in laying out empirical data pertaining to all the major traditions of religious architecture in antiquity. The book is comprised of twenty-one chapters divided into five parts. Beginning around twelve thousand years ago at the transition of the Holocene, the book embarks on an explorative journey around the ancient globe, ending between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD. The first four parts of the book deal with broad regions of the ancient world: Western; Pre-Classical Europe and the Mediterranean; the Graeco-Roman world; South and East Asia; and the Americas. Part Five, covering about a quarter of the book, has three chapters, each dealing with aspects of sacred space (Identity and Meaning, Language of Sacred Space, Text and Image). The text is complemented by approximately 400 line drawings in colour - many of which are Wightman's reconstructions of ancient temples and sanctuaries - and 200 photographic plates, most in colour. The volume is rounded off by a comprehensive bibliography with essential literature highlighted, benefiting both the general reader and specialists. Wightman's book will become a work of reference to those interested in gaining or furthering an understanding of architecture, archaeology and religion in the ancient world.
Icon Cult And Context
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Author : Maura K. Heyn
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 2016-12-31
Icon Cult And Context written by Maura K. Heyn and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-31 with History categories.
This festschrift honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The iconography of gods and goddesses, the analysis of sacred imagery in the context of ancient cult practices, and the design and decoration of sacred spaces are the main themes of the book. Authors examine such subjects as painting from Dura-Europos, Hellenistic sculpture at Saqqara in Egypt, Roman cameo glass, Pompeian fresco, and aspects of Venus in portrait sculpture. The essays on Dura-Europos are especially valuable in light of the present turmoil in the region. Professor Downey's influence shines through in these discussions, which echo her mentorship of several generations of art history and archaeology students and recognize her scholarly achievements. The broad temporal and geographic parameters of the volume are expansive, and the juxtaposition of images and analyses leads to surprising new conclusions.
Profane Landscapes Sacred Spaces
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Author : Miroslav Bárta
language : en
Publisher: New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology
Release Date : 2019
Profane Landscapes Sacred Spaces written by Miroslav Bárta and has been published by New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Environmental archaeology categories.
Ever since Herodotus, it has been observed that Egypt - that is, ancient Egyptian civilisation - was a gift of the Nile. However, only recently have Egyptologists come to appreciate that Egypt was as much a gift of the desert as a gift of the water, at least as regards its very beginnings. To understand the civilisation that originally settled along the Nile Valley and in the Delta, we must study not only the remains of ancient monuments, excavated artefacts and reconstructed texts, but take proper account of the landscape, conditions and environment that shaped Egypt's culture, religion and ideology. This volume addresses various aspects of how the world was perceived in the minds of Egyptians, and how Egyptians subsequently reshaped their surrounding landscape in harmony with their view of geography and cosmological ideas. Profane landscape and sacred space thus blend into one multi-faceted concept.
Sacred Sites Sacred Places
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Author : David L. Carmichael
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-15
Sacred Sites Sacred Places written by David L. Carmichael and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Sacred Sites, Sacred Places explores the concept of 'sacred' and what it means and implies to people in differing cultures. It looks at why people regard some parts of the land as special and why this ascription remains constant in some cultures and changes in others. Archaeologists, legislators and those involved in heritage management sometimes encounter conflict with local populations over sacred sites. With the aid of over 70 illustrations the book examines the extreme importance of such sacred places in all cultures and the necessity of accommodating those intimate beliefs which are such a vital part of ongoing cultural identity. Sacred Sites, Sacred Places therefore will be of help to those who wish to be non-destructive in their conservation and excavation practices. This book is unique in attempting to describe the belief systems surrounding the existence of sacred sites, and at the same time bringing such beliefs and practices into relationship with the practical problems of everyday heritage management. The geographical coverage of the book is exceptionally wide and its variety of contributors, including indigenous peoples, archaeologists and heritage professionals, is unrivalled in any other publication.
Memory Traces
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Author : Cynthia Kristan-Graham
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2015-10-15
Memory Traces written by Cynthia Kristan-Graham and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with Social Science categories.
In Memory Traces, art historians and archaeologists come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Through five well-known and important centers of political power and artistic invention in Mesoamerica—Tetitla at Teotihuacan, Tula Grande, the Mound of the Building Columns at El Tajín, the House of the Phalli at Chichén Itzá, and Tonina—contributors explore the process of recognizing and defining sacred space, how sacred spaces were viewed and used both physically and symbolically, and what theoretical approaches are most useful for art historians and archaeologists seeking to understand these places. Memory Traces acknowledges that the creation, use, abandonment, and reuse of sacred space have a strongly recursive relation to collective memory and meanings linked to the places in question and reconciles issues of continuity and discontinuity of memory in ancient Mesoamerican sacred spaces. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Mesoamerican studies and material culture, art historians, architectural historians, and cultural anthropologists. Contributors: Laura M. Amrhein, Nicholas P. Dunning, Rex Koontz, Cynthia Kristan-Graham, Matthew G. Looper, Travis Nygard, Keith M. Prufer, Matthew H. Robb, Patricia J. Sarro, Kaylee Spencer, Eric Weaver, Linnea Wren
Cult Temple Sacred Spaces
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Author : Susanne Görke
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Cult Temple Sacred Spaces written by Susanne Görke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Sacred Space And Sacred Function In Ancient Thebes
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Author : Betsy M. Bryan
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Release Date : 2007-12-31
Sacred Space And Sacred Function In Ancient Thebes written by Betsy M. Bryan and has been published by Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-31 with History categories.
This volume presents a series of papers delivered at a two-day session of the Theban Workshop held at the British Museum in September 2003. Due to its political and religious prominence throughout much of pharaonic history, the region of ancient Thebes offers scholars a wealth of monuments whose physical remains and extant iconography may be combined with textual sources and archaeological finds in ways that elucidate the function of sacred space as initially conceived, and which also reveal adaptations to human need or shifts in cultural perception. The contributions herein address issues such as the architectural framing of religious ceremony, the implicit performative responses of officiants, the diachronic study of specific rites, the adaptation of sacred space to different uses through physical, representational, or textual alteration, and the development of ritual landscapes in ancient Thebes.
Sacred Space
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Author : Louis Daniel Nebelsick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Sacred Space written by Louis Daniel Nebelsick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Sacred Spaces
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Author : Yoginder Sikand
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2003
Sacred Spaces written by Yoginder Sikand and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
Weaving together legend, history, ethnography & reminiscences with critical insights, 'Sacred Spaces' affords us a rare glimpse of religious traditions outside the mainstream. This rich legacy could well be invaluable in promoting alternate ways of understanding religion & the notion of community identity.