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1、ArchaeologyandWorldReligionArchaeologyandWorldReligionisanimportantnewwork,beingthefirsttoexaminethesetwovasttopicsinconjunctionwitheachother.Thevolumeexplorestherelationshipbetweenthetwo,andthecontributionarchaeologycanmaketothestudyofwhataretodaytermed‘WorldReligions’,namel
2、yBuddhism,Christianity,Hinduism,IslamandJudaism.Thisworkisthedefinitivetextforthisgrowingareaofarchaeology.Dividedintotwoparts,itfirstsurveyseachofthereligionsinquestionandthengoesontoaddresstheimportantthemesofethics,genderanddeath.Thecontributorsconsideranumberofquestions:c
3、anreligious(sacred)textsbetreatedashistoricaldocuments,ordotheymeritspecialtreatment?Doesarchaeologywithitsemphasisonmaterialculturedispelnotionsoftheideal/divinewithinreligioustextsandwhataretheimplicationsofthispossibleconflict?Doesthestudyofarchaeologyandreligionleadtodiff
4、eringinterpretationsofthesameevent?Inwhatwaysdoesthenotionofauniformreligiousidentityexist,theidealMuslimorChristian,forexample,andisthisrecognisableinthearchaeologicalrecord—throughdiet,dress,sacredbuildings,burials,artandiconography,landscapesandpersonalpossessions?Clearlyw
5、rittenanduptodate,thisvolumewillbeofspecialsignificancetoanyoneinterestedinarchaeologyandreligionandwillbeanindispensableresearchtoolforacademicsandspecialistsinthesefields.TimothyInsollisLecturerinArchaeologyattheUniversityofManchester.Contributors:AndersBergquist,DilipChakr
6、abarti,RobinConingham,RachelHachlili,TimothyInsoll,PaulLane,RachelMacLeanandMikeParkerPearson.ArchaeologyandWorldReligionEditedbyTimothyInsollLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished2001byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35t
7、hStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2002.Selectionandeditorialmatter©2001TimothyInsoll;individualmaterial©2001thecontributorsAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedi
8、nanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafte
