An Archaeology of the Cosmos : Rethinking Agency and Religion in Ancient America

ISBN-13: 9780415521284 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str.

Timothy R. Pauketat

Opis

This title seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. The second question concerns changes in those beliefs.

Spis treści

1. Beliefs  2. Religion from the Top Down  3. Agency  4. Bundles  5. Bundling  6. Intimate Parallelisms  7. Religion from the Ground Up  8. Bringing Religion to a Standstill  9. Cosmological Deposits  10. Positioning Theory

O autorze

Timothy R. Pauketat is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.