Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East

Published by Penn State University Press 2012

Sacred Killing

The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East

Edited by: Anne Porter and Glenn M. Schwarz

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575066769

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Map of the Near East Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Archaeology and Sacrifice Glenn M. Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Sociopolitical Implications of Neolithic Foundation Deposits and the Possibility of Child Sacrifice: A Case Study at Çatalhöyük, Turkey Sharon Moses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Hunting Sacrifice at Neolithic Çatalhöyük Nerissa Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
On Human and Animal Sacrifice in the Late Neolithic at Domuztepe Elizabeth Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Bludgeoned, Burned, and Beautified: Reevaluating Mortuary Practices in the Royal Cemetery of Ur Aubrey Baadsgaard, Janet Monge and Richard L. Zettler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Restoring Order: Death, Display, and Authority Jill A. Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Mortal Mirrors: Creating Kin through Human Sacrifice in Third Millennium Syro-Mesopotamia Anne M. Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Scripts of Animal Sacrifice in Levantine Culture-History Brian Hesse, Paula Wapnish and Jonathan Greer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Human and Animal Sacrifice at Galatian Gordion: The Uses of Ritual in a Multiethnic Community Mary M. Voigt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East: Offering and Ritual Killing Beate Pongratz-Leisten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
On Sacrifice: An Archaeology of Shang Sacrifice Roderick Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Pages
- Main content: 352

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Published: September 24, 2012
ISBN: 9781575066769