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This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years. Identifying features shared by this "Out of Africa" mythology and its northern Eurasian offshoots, Witzel suggests that these common myths -- recounted by the communities of the "African Eve" - are the earliest evidence of ancient spirituality. Moreover these common features, Witzel shows, survive today in all major religions. Witzel's book is an intellectual hand grenade that will doubtless generate considerable excitement - and consternation - in the scholarly community. Indeed, everyone interested in mythology will want to grapple with Witzel's extraordinary hypothesis about the spirituality of our common ancestors, and to understand what it tells us about our modern cultures and the way they are linked at the deepest level. -- Publisher description

Mythology --- Myth --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Mythology, Comparative --- Mitologia --- Mite --- Demythologization --- God --- Gods --- Religió --- Mites --- Arqueologia --- Déu --- Animals fabulosos --- Gegants (Mitologia) --- Hierogàmia --- Metamorfosi (Mitologia) --- Mites geogràfics --- Mitologia aborigen australiana --- Mitologia asteca --- Mitologia cèltica --- Mitologia en l'art --- Mitologia hindú --- Mitologia ibèrica --- Mitologia jueva --- Religió primitiva --- Simbolisme --- Déus --- Diluvi universal --- Myths --- Legends --- Religions --- Folklore --- Mythology. --- Myth. --- 291.13 --- 903.6 --- 903.6 Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- 291.13 Mythe. Vergelijkende mythologie --- Mythe. Vergelijkende mythologie

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Dolmens --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- 902 <460 VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA> --- 903.6 --- 903 <460 VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA> --- Archeologie--Spanje--VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA --- Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- Prehistorie--Spanje--VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA --- Valencia de Alcantara (Spain) --- -Antiquities --- 903 <460 VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA> Prehistorie--Spanje--VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA --- 903.6 Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- 902 <460 VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA> Archeologie--Spanje--VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Cromlechs --- Megalithic monuments --- Menhirs --- Spain --- Valencia de Alcántara (Spain) --- Antiquities. --- Valencia de Alcantara --- Antiquities --- Dolmens - Spain - Valencia de Alcantara. --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Spain - Valencia de Alcantara.

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This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion

Archaeology and religion. --- Religion, Prehistoric. --- Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Prehistoric rites and ceremonies --- Prehistoric religion --- Religion and archaeology --- Religion --- Religious aspects --- Archaeology and religion --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric --- 291.37 --- 903.6 --- 903.6 Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen --- 291.37 Godsdienstige ceremonieën. Religieuze symboliek. Mysteries. Inwijding --- 291.37 Processies. Symbolen. Riten. Emblemen --- Godsdienstige ceremonieën. Religieuze symboliek. Mysteries. Inwijding --- Processies. Symbolen. Riten. Emblemen --- Ritual --- Archéologie et religion --- Rituel --- History. --- Histoire --- Religion [Prehistoric ] --- Rites and ceremonies [Prehistoric ] --- Rites and ceremonies --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious