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1 online resource (vii, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- Sociopolitical 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 M. 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social archaeology -- Middle East.
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Social archaeology. |
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Middle East. |
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Sacrifice -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Sacrifice. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Rites and ceremonies -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Rites and ceremonies. |
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Middle East -- Religious life and customs.
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Middle East Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Porter, Anne, 1957-
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Schwartz, Glenn M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sacred killing. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2012 9781575062365 (DLC) 2012023485 (OCoLC)797969812 |
| ISBN |
1575066769 (electronic book) |
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9781575066769 (electronic book) |
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9781575062365 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1575062364 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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