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Religion préhistorique --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Neolithic period --- Néolithique --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Çatal Höyük (Turquie ; site archéologique) --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Turkey. --- Antiquities.

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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.

Neolithic period --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Prehistoric religion --- New Stone age --- Stone age --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquities

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"Intrigued by the petroglyphs and pictographs of the American Southwest, people commonly ask what these symbols mean. Religion on the Rocks redirects our attention to the equally important matter of what compelled ancient farmers to craft rock art in the first place. To answer this, Aaron Wright presents a case study from Arizona's South Mountains, an area once flanked by several densely populated Hohokam villages. Synthesizing results from recent archaeological surveys, he explores how the mountains' petroglyphs were woven into the broader cultural landscape and argues that the petroglyphs are relics of a bygone ritual system in which people vied for prestige and power by controlling religious knowledge. The features and strategic placement of the rock art suggest this dimension of Hohokam ritual was participatory and prominent in Hohokam life. Around AD 1100, however, petroglyph creation, along with other ritual practices began to wane, denoting a broad transformation of the Hohokam social world. Wright's examination of the South Mountains petroglyphs offers a novel narrative of how Hohokam villagers negotiated a concentration of politico-religious authority around platform mounds. Readers will come away with a fuller understanding of the Hohokam legacy and a greater appreciation for rock art's value to anthropology"--

ART / History / Prehistoric & Primitive. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Social archaeology --- Social change --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Sacred space --- Rock paintings --- Petroglyphs --- Hohokam culture --- Archaeology --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Prehistoric religion --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Paintings, Rock --- Pictured rocks --- Rock drawings --- Art, Prehistoric --- Painting, Prehistoric --- Picture-writing --- Carvings, Rock --- Engravings, Rock --- Rock carvings --- Rock engravings --- Rock inscriptions --- Stone inscriptions --- Inscriptions --- Indians of North America --- History --- Methodology --- Antiquities --- South Mountains (Ariz.) --- Antiquities. --- Social life and customs.