Rock art and sacred landscapes [electronic resource] / Donna L. Gillette, Mavis Greer, Michele Helene Hayward, William Breen Murray, editors.
Gillette, Donna L., editor.
2014
BL580
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Title Rock art and sacred landscapes [electronic resource] / Donna L. Gillette, Mavis Greer, Michele Helene Hayward, William Breen Murray, editors.
ISBN 9781461484066 electronic book
1461484065 electronic book
9781461484059
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8406-6
Published New York, NY : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-1-4614-8406-6 doi
Call Number BL580
Dewey Decimal Classification 930.1
203/.5
Summary Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion involves beliefs, oral traditions, practices and rituals, as well as the related material culture including artifacts, landscapes, structural features and visual representations like rock art. Researchers work to understand religious thoughts and actions that prompted their creation distinct from those created for economic, political, or social purposes. Rock art landscapes convey knowledge about sacred and spiritual ecology from generation to generation. Contributors to this global view detail how rock art can be employed to address issues regarding past dynamic interplays of religions and spiritual elements. Studies from a number of different cultural areas and time periods explore how rock art engages the emotions, materializes thoughts and actions, and reflects religious organization as it intersects with sociopolitical cultural systems.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 21, 2013).
Added Author Gillette, Donna L., editor.
Series One world archaeology (Springer (Firm))
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