کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1035170 943705 2009 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The signs of the sacred: Identifying shamans using archaeological evidence
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
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The signs of the sacred: Identifying shamans using archaeological evidence
چکیده انگلیسی

Anthropologists have determined that shamanism is a robust cross-cultural pattern, but they still have many methodological and theoretical issues to resolve. Central to archaeological religious studies is the need to develop a general and rigorous methodology for identifying the presence and structure of shamanism. This discussion begins by discussing shamans as a polythetic class and proposes that shamans and priests as they are commonly defined do not represent dichotomous religious structures, but rather reflect two ends of a continuum. The paper then presents a methodology for identifying and studying shamanism based on cross-cultural regularities in shamanic tools (sacra) and shamanic experiences. The methodology is then applied to the Casas Grandes region and Pottery Mound, both from the North American Southwest, and indicates that shamanic ritual was likely present during the late prehistoric occupation of the region.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology - Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 177–190
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