| Contents |
The vitalities of Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder -- Different strokes for different folks : Near Eastern Neolithic mortuary practices in perspective / Nigel Goring-Morris and Anna Belfer-Cohen -- Excavating theogonies : anthropomorphic promiscuity and sociographic prudery in the Neolithic and now / F. LeRon Shults -- Religion as anthropomorphism at Çatalhöyük / Stewart Elliott Guthrie -- The historical self : memory and religion at Çatalhöyük / J. Wentzel van Huyssteen -- Modes of religiosity and the evolution of social complexity at Çatalhöyük / Harvey Whitehouse, Camilla Mazzucato, Ian Hodder, and Quentin D. Atkinson -- Relational networks and religious sodalities at Çatalhöyük / Barbara J. Mills -- Using "magic" to think from the material : tracing distributed agency, revelation, and concealment at Çatalhöyük / Carolyn Nakamura and Peter Pels -- "Motherbaby" : a death in childbirth at Çatalhöyük / Kimberley C. Patton and Lori D. Hager -- The hau of the house / Mary Weismantel -- Material register, surface, and form at Çatalhöyük / Victor Buchli -- The use of spatial order in Çatalhöyük material culture / Anke Kamerman -- Theories and their data : interdisciplinary interactions at Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder, with contributions from project participants -- Postscript : On devotion at Çatalhöyük / Alejandro Garcia-Rivera. |
| Abstract |
"This book tackles the topic of religion, a broad subject exciting renewed interest across the social and historical sciences. The volume is tightly focused on the early farming village of Çatalhöyük, which has generated much interest both within and outside of archaeology, especially for its contributions to the understanding of early religion. The volume discusses contemporary themes such as materiality, animism, object vitality, and material dimensions of spirituality while at the same time exploring broad evolutionary changes in the ways in which religion has influenced society. The volume results from a unique collaboration between an archaeological team and a range of specialists in ritual and religion"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013035748 |
| ISBN | 9781107047334 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1107047331 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781107671263 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1107671264 (paperback) |
