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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman world. Features readings that focus on religious experience and expression in the ancient world rather than solely on religious belief Places a strong emphasis on domestic and individual religious practice Represents the first time that the concept of lived religion is applied to the ancient history of religion and archaeology of religion Includes cutting-edge data taken from top contemporary researchers and theorists in the field Examines a large variety of themes and religious traditions across a wide geographical area and chronological span Written to appeal equally to archaeologists and historians of religion

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors x

Abbreviations xiv

1 Archaeology of Religion, Material Religion, and the Ancient World 1
Rubina Raja and Jörg Rüpke

Part I Archaeology of Ritual 27

2 The Archaeology of Ancient Sanctuaries 29
William Van Andringa

3 Ritual Activities, Processions and Pilgrimages 41
Thierry Luginbühl

4 Perpetuated Action 60
Lara Weiss

5 Public and Private 71
Robert Parker

Part II Embodiment 81

6 Amulets 83
Gideon Bohak

7 Dress and Ornaments 96
Laura Gawlinski

8 Dance 107
Frederick Naerebout

9 Gendered Agents and Embodied Religious Experience 120
Zsuzsanna Várhelyi

Part III Experiences 131

10 Polychromy and Jewish Visual Culture of Roman Antiquity 133
Steven Fine

11 Watching Rituals 144
Valérie Huet

12 Killing and Preparing Animals 155
Patrice Méniel

13 Communal Dining: Making Things Happen 167
Marleen Martens

14 WATER 181
Olivier de Cazanove

15 Temporary Deprivation: Rules and Meanings 194
Richard Gordon

Part IV Creating Spaces of Experiences 207

16 At Home 209
Kimberly Bowes

17 Gardens 220
Richard Neudecker

18 Religion and Tomb 235
Henner von Hesberg, Christiane Nowak and Ellen Thiermann

Part V Designing and Appropriating Sacred Space 251

19 Archaeology of Christian Initiation 253
Robin M. Jensen

20 Oracular Shrines as Places of Religious Experience 268
Julia Kindt

21 Buildings of Religious Communities 279
Inge Nielsen

22 Sanctuaries and Urban Spatial Settings in Roman Imperial Ostia 293
Marlis Arnhold

Part VI Sharing Public Space 305

23 Complex Sanctuaries in the Roman Period 307
Rubina Raja

24 Temples and Temple Interiors 320
Henner von Hesberg

25 Theater 333
Susanne Gödde

26 The Archaeology of Processions 349
Eftychia Stavrianopoulou

27 Urbanization and Memory 362
Christopher Smith

Part VII Expressiveness 377

28 Images 379
Sylvia Estienne

29 Instruments and Vessels 388
Anne Viola Siebert

30 Anatomical ex votos 397
Günther Schörner

31 Monumental Inscriptions 412
Wolfgang Spickermann

Part VIII Agents 425

32 Material Culture and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity 427
Eric Rebillard

33 Individual Choices and Individuality in the Archaeology of Ancient Religion 437
Jörg Rüpke

34 Material Culture and Imagined Communities in the Roman World 451
Eva Mol and Miguel John Versluys

Part IX Transformations 463

35 Ritual Traditions of Non‐Mediterranean Europe 465
Greg Woolf

36 Tracing Religious Change in Roman Africa 478
Valentino Gasparini

Index 489

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 23/12/2019
      ISBN13: 9781119042846, 978-1119042846
      ISBN10: 1119042844
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      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman world. Features readings that focus on religious experience and expression in the ancient world rather than solely on religious belief Places a strong emphasis on domestic and individual religious practice Represents the first time that the concept of lived religion is applied to the ancient history of religion and archaeology of religion Includes cutting-edge data taken from top contemporary researchers and theorists in the field Examines a large variety of themes and religious traditions across a wide geographical area and chronological span Written to appeal equally to archaeologists and historians of religion

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors x

      Abbreviations xiv

      1 Archaeology of Religion, Material Religion, and the Ancient World 1
      Rubina Raja and Jörg Rüpke

      Part I Archaeology of Ritual 27

      2 The Archaeology of Ancient Sanctuaries 29
      William Van Andringa

      3 Ritual Activities, Processions and Pilgrimages 41
      Thierry Luginbühl

      4 Perpetuated Action 60
      Lara Weiss

      5 Public and Private 71
      Robert Parker

      Part II Embodiment 81

      6 Amulets 83
      Gideon Bohak

      7 Dress and Ornaments 96
      Laura Gawlinski

      8 Dance 107
      Frederick Naerebout

      9 Gendered Agents and Embodied Religious Experience 120
      Zsuzsanna Várhelyi

      Part III Experiences 131

      10 Polychromy and Jewish Visual Culture of Roman Antiquity 133
      Steven Fine

      11 Watching Rituals 144
      Valérie Huet

      12 Killing and Preparing Animals 155
      Patrice Méniel

      13 Communal Dining: Making Things Happen 167
      Marleen Martens

      14 WATER 181
      Olivier de Cazanove

      15 Temporary Deprivation: Rules and Meanings 194
      Richard Gordon

      Part IV Creating Spaces of Experiences 207

      16 At Home 209
      Kimberly Bowes

      17 Gardens 220
      Richard Neudecker

      18 Religion and Tomb 235
      Henner von Hesberg, Christiane Nowak and Ellen Thiermann

      Part V Designing and Appropriating Sacred Space 251

      19 Archaeology of Christian Initiation 253
      Robin M. Jensen

      20 Oracular Shrines as Places of Religious Experience 268
      Julia Kindt

      21 Buildings of Religious Communities 279
      Inge Nielsen

      22 Sanctuaries and Urban Spatial Settings in Roman Imperial Ostia 293
      Marlis Arnhold

      Part VI Sharing Public Space 305

      23 Complex Sanctuaries in the Roman Period 307
      Rubina Raja

      24 Temples and Temple Interiors 320
      Henner von Hesberg

      25 Theater 333
      Susanne Gödde

      26 The Archaeology of Processions 349
      Eftychia Stavrianopoulou

      27 Urbanization and Memory 362
      Christopher Smith

      Part VII Expressiveness 377

      28 Images 379
      Sylvia Estienne

      29 Instruments and Vessels 388
      Anne Viola Siebert

      30 Anatomical ex votos 397
      Günther Schörner

      31 Monumental Inscriptions 412
      Wolfgang Spickermann

      Part VIII Agents 425

      32 Material Culture and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity 427
      Eric Rebillard

      33 Individual Choices and Individuality in the Archaeology of Ancient Religion 437
      Jörg Rüpke

      34 Material Culture and Imagined Communities in the Roman World 451
      Eva Mol and Miguel John Versluys

      Part IX Transformations 463

      35 Ritual Traditions of Non‐Mediterranean Europe 465
      Greg Woolf

      36 Tracing Religious Change in Roman Africa 478
      Valentino Gasparini

      Index 489

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