The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion

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Timothy Insoll (University of Exeter, University of Exeter, Professor of Archaeology)

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion

Timothy Insoll (University of Exeter, University of Exeter, Professor of Archaeology)

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Oxford University Press
11 June 2020

Archaeology; Religion: general; Worship, rites & ceremonies; Anthropology

Series: Oxford Handbooks

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion provides a comprehensive overview by period and region of the relevant archaeological material in relation to theory, methodology, definition, and practice. Although, as the title indicates, the focus is upon archaeological investigations of ritual and religion, by necessity ideas and evidence from other disciplines are also included, among them anthropology, ethnography, religious studies, and history. The Handbook covers a global span-Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Americas-and reaches from the earliest prehistory (the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic) to modern times. In addition, chapters focus upon relevant themes, ranging from landscape to death, from taboo to water, from gender to rites of passage, from ritual to fasting and feasting. Written by over sixty specialists, renowned in their respective fields, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will serve both as a comprehensive introduction to its subject and as a stimulus to further research.

Edited by: Timothy Insoll (University of Exeter University of Exeter Professor of Archaeology)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 173mm, Spine: 52mm
Weight: 2.060kg
ISBN: 9780198858058
ISBN 10: 0198858051
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 1136
Publication Date: 11 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timothy Insoll is Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Educated at the Universities of Sheffield and Cambridge, he was a Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge from 1995 until 1998, when he was appointed Lecturer at the University of Manchester. After becoming a Reader in 2004 and being awarded a personal chair in 2005 he moved to the University of Exeter in 2016. He is the author or editor of 16 books, three special journal issues, and numerous articles and reviews on a wide range of research topics across the discipline of archaeology, and has completed fieldwork in Mali, Ghana, western India, Bahrain, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion

This [Handbook] gives many riches, and is both extremely thought provoking and timely. It will be used and enjoyed by readers at many different levels. * Alasdair Whittle, European Journal of Archaeology * The volume is exceptionally well organized. * Stephen D. Glazier, Religion *