Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near EastHardcover, 24 September 2012

Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East
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Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Date Published
24 Sep 2012
ISBN-10
1575062364
ISBN-13
9781575062365

Description

What is sacrifice? How can we identify it in the archaeological record? And what does it tell us about the societies that practice it? Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East investigates these and other questions through the evidence for human and animal sacrifice in the Near East from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic periods. Drawing on sociocultural anthropology and history in addition to archaeology, the book also includes evidence from ancient China and a riveting eyewitness account and analysis of sacrifice in contemporary India, which engage some of the key issues at stake. Sacred Killing vividly presents a variety of methods and theories in the study of one of the most profound and disturbing ritual activities humans have ever practiced.

Product Details

Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 September 2012
Dimensions:
25.91 x 18.54 x 3.05 cm
Genre:
Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
ISBN-10:
1575062364
ISBN-13:
9781575062365
Language:
English
Location:
University Park, PA
Pages:
352
Publisher:
Eisenbrauns
Weight:
916.26 gm

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