Overview

By bringing together in one place specific objects, materials, and features indicating ritual, religious, or magical belief used by people around the world and through time, this tool will assist archaeologists in identifying evidence of belief-related behaviors and broadening their understanding of how those behaviors may also be seen through less obvious evidential lines. Instruction and templates for recording, typologizing, classifying, and analyzing ritual or magico-religious material culture are also provided to guide researchers in the survey, collection, and cataloging processes. The bulleted formatting and topical range make this a highly accessible work, while providing an incredible wealth of information in a single volume.

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Author:   C. Riley Augé
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805397236

ISBN 10:   1805397230
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   01 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction     The Basics: What Everyone Should Know Most Common Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Tropes Common Attributes of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Material Culture Chapter One: Defining Ritual, Religion, and Magic     Definitions     Magical Agency Chapter Two: Classification and Typology     Creating classification systems     Criteria for Identifying Ritual in Archaeological Contexts Criteria for Identifying Magic in Archaeological Contexts     Witch Bottle Typology     Concealed Cat Typology     Concealed Footwear Typology Gender and Ascribing Usage Chapter Three: Ritual, Religion, and Magic Functions and Devices     Divination     Fertility     Healing Love and Marriage     Maleficium     Mortuary     Propitiation/Immolation     Protection     Success     Treasure Hunting Chapter Four: Ritual, Religion, and Magic by Ethnicity and Religion     African/African American     Ancient World     Arctic-Subarctic/Pacific Northwest     Asian     Australian/South Pacific     European/American     Latin/Mesoamerican Mediterranean/Classical     Middle Eastern/Indian     Native American     Scandinavian     Buddhism     Candomblé     Christianity     Confucianism     Daoism     Hinduism     Islam     Jainism     Judaism     Mormonism     Rastafarianism     Santería-Regla de Ocha     Shinto     Sikhism     Voudou     Zoroastrianism Ritual and Magical Practitioners Chapter Five: Ritual, Religion, and Magic at Particular Site Types     Ceremonial (feasting, food procurement, initiation, military, political)     Conflict (battlefields, fortifications, jails/prisons, prisoner camps/detention centers)     Monumental (burials, cultural markers, guardian statuary, memorials)     Mortuary (burials, cemeteries, cenotaphs)     Mundane/Secular (commercial, domestic, institutional, occupational, public)     Sacred (pilgrimage, religious features, religious structures, sacrifice)     Underwater (inundated sites, plane wrecks and shipwrecks) Chapter Six: Ritualistic, Sacred, and Magical Landscapes     Astronomical Associations and Structures     Cosmological Modeling     Culturally Modified Ecofacts (CMEs) Directional Orientation Elementals Flora & Fauna Geological, Geographical, and Other Natural Markers Light/Dark Seasonality Soundscapes Travel Corridors Viewsheds Vertical/Horizontal Associations Chapter Seven: Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Material Culture by Material Type and Attribute Ceramic Color Fauna Flora Glass Metal Mineral/Lithic/Soil Numbers Symbols, Designs, and Images Textiles and Clothing Chapter Eight: Sensory Elements in Ritual, Religion, and Magic Affective Auditory Gustatory (Taste) Olfactory Tactility/Haptic Vestibular Vision Chapter Nine: Forms and Templates Burial Site Survey Form Burial Recordation Form Conflict and Battlefield Recordation Form Individual Figurine/Statuary/Figural Vessel Recordation Form Intentionally Concealed Object (ICO) Recordation Form Plant Recordation and Collection Form Quotidian and Occupational Site Recordation Form Religious, Ceremonial, and Formal Ritual Building Recordation Form Ritual Landscape Recordation Form Ritual/Magic Assemblage Recordation Form Rock Art Recordation Form Censors Crosses Figurines Chapter Ten: Technologies, Methodologies, and Analyses     3-D Scanning Accessibility Analysis Botanical Analysis Chemical Residue and DNA Analysis Geophysical Survey Mapping Measuring Photography Chapter Eleven: Resources     Databases     Researchers     Museums & Archives Glossaries     Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Gems and Other Stones Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Plants Glossary of Ritualistic, Religious, and Magical Terms For Further Reading Attribute Analysis Ethnic Studies Artifact Material Types     Sensory and Landscape Studies Mortuary Studies Ritual and Magic Theory General Sources Index

Reviews

“While Augé addresses her volume to archaeologists, it seems to me that it has value also for those involved more tangentially, such as researchers in material culture studies, epigraphers, historic site interpreters, and members of the general public with interests in the spiritual side of the material world.” • American Journal of Archaeology “This is a valuable contribution to a relatively recent shift towards the study of the material culture of ritual and magic. Ritual interpretations that were previously either avoided or resorted to by default are now being thoroughly engaged with, and this Field Manual offers an accessible, concise but comprehensive guide to tackling this fascinating subject in archaeological contexts.” • Ceri Houlbrook, University of Hertfordshire

Author Information

C. Riley Augé holds an M.A. in Folklore and Mythology, and a PhD in Anthropology. Her specialized area of research is the archaeology of ritual, religion, and magic, particularly the material expressions of these beliefs. Auge’ currently serves on the governor-appointed Montana State Historic Preservation Review Board to actively engage in state-wide efforts to preserve all aspects of the historical record.

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