TY - BOOK ID - 3398293 TI - Religion in the emergence of civilization : Çatalhöyük as a case study PY - 2010 SN - 9780521192606 9780521150194 9780511761416 0521192609 0521150191 9780511992384 0511992386 0511761414 9780511990403 0511990405 9780511988592 0511988591 9780511986796 0511986793 0511993587 110721405X 128296660X 9786612966606 0511991398 9781282966604 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Neolithic period KW - Religion, Prehistoric KW - Prehistoric religion KW - New Stone age KW - Stone age KW - Çatal Mound (Turkey) KW - Konya İli (Turkey) KW - Konya, Turkey (Province) KW - Karaman İli (Turkey) KW - Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) KW - Çatalhöyük (Turkey) KW - Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) KW - Turkey KW - Antiquities. KW - Antiquities KW - Konya İli (Turkey) KW - Çatal Mound (Turkey). KW - Social Sciences KW - Archeology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3398293 AB - This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines Çatalhöyük as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, Çatalhöyük was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. It is thus an ideal location for exploring theories about the role of religion in early settled life. This book provides a unique overview of current debates concerning religion and its historical variations. Through exploration of themes including the integration of the spiritual and the material, the role of belief in religion, the cognitive bases for religion, and religion's social roles, this book situates the results from Çatalhöyük within a broader understanding of the Neolithic in the Middle East. ER -