03860cam a2200577Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040009100111020003600202020003300238020003300271020003600304035002100340035001800361050001000379072002500389082001400414049000900428245012600437260003800563300002300601336002600624337002600650338003600676588002600712505106900738520060601807650003402413650003002447650003002477650003402507655002202541700002902563700003502592776009602627856008202723856004702805856010502852856005202957938004803009938004203057938003003099938002803129938005503157938004103212994001203253999001703265ocn870088600OCoLC20200709060054.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu140207s2013    ne      o     000 0 eng d  aIDEBKbengepncIDEBKdEBLCPdMHWdN$TdE7BdCDXdOCLCQdTEFdYDXCPdOCLCOdCOCUFdN$T  a9789088902215q(electronic bk.)  a9088902216q(electronic bk.)  a1306408482q(electronic bk.)  a9781306408486q(electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)870088600  a693723b(N$T) 4aBL600 7aRELx0540002bisacsh04a203.8223  aN$TA00aRitual Failureh[electronic resource] :bArchaeological Perspectives /cedited by Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri & Jeff Sanders.  aLeiden :bSidestone Press,c2013.  a1 online resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aPrint version record.0 aIntroduction / Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri and Jeff Sanders -- Foreword : Introductory thoughts on the theme of "Ritual failure. Archaeological perspectives" / Timothy Insoll -- The passage of matter : Transformations of objects and ritual meanings in the Neolithic of the Near East / Marc Verhoeven --  The sky almost never falls on your head : why ritual rarely fails / Jeff Sanders -- Ritual failure in the business records of Mesopotamian temples / Michael Kozuh -- Ritual failure and the temple collapse of prehistoric Malta / Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart -- From wells to pillars, and from pillars to...? : Ritual systems transformation and collapse in the early prehistory of Cyprus / Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri -- When ancestors become Gods : The transformation of Cypriote ritual and religion in the Late Bronze Age / David Collard -- Colonial entanglements and cultic heterogeneity on Rome's Germanic frontier / Karim Mata -- The dead acrobat : Managing risk and Minoan iconography / Evangelos Kyriakidis -- Discussion: Defining moments / Richard Bradley.  a'Ritual Failure' is a new concept in archaeology adopted from the discipline of anthropology. Resilient religious systems disappearing, strict believers and faithful practitioners not performing their rites, entire societies changing their customs: how does a religious ritual system transform, change or disappear, leaving only traces of its past glory? Do societies change and then their ritual? Or do customs change first, in turn provoking wider cultural shifts in society? Archaeology possesses the tools and methodologies to explore these questions over the long term; from the emergence of a s. 7aRELIGIONxReference.2bisacsh 0aArchaeology and religion. 0aAnthropology of religion. 7aRELIGION / Reference2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.1 aKoutrafouri, Vasiliki G.1 aSanders, Jeffc(Archaeologist)08iPrint version:aKoutrafouri, Vasiliki G.tRitual Failure.dSidestone Press 2013z1306408482403Ebook Libraryuhttp://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1610037403ebraryuhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10835121403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=693723403MyiLibraryuhttp://www.myilibrary.com?id=572099  aCoutts Information ServicesbCOUTn27431103  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL1610037  aebrarybEBRYnebr10835121  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn693723  aIngram Digital eBook CollectionbIDEBncis27431103  aYBP Library ServicesbYANKn11617266  a02bN$T  c54489d54489