Sacred sites, sacred places
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Sacred sites, sacred places
(One world archaeology, 23)
Routledge, 1997
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sacred Sites, Sacred Places explores the concept of 'sacred' and what it means to people in differing cultures. Archaeologists, legislators and those involved in heritage management sometimes come into conflict with local populations over sites which these communities consider to be sacred. This volume is unique in attempting to describe the belief systems surrounding such sites, and in relating these beliefs and practices to the practical problems of heritage management. The book demonstrates the need to accommodate those beliefs which are a vital part of ongoing cultural identity.
The geographical coverage of this collection is exceptionally wide and its range of contributors, including indigenous peoples, archaeologists, anthropologists and heritage professionals, is unrivalled in any other publication.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, David Carmichael, Jane Hubert, Brian Reeves
- Chapter 1 Sacred beliefs and beliefs of sacredness, Jane Hubert
- Chapter 2 Wintu sacred geography of northern California, Dorothea J. Theodoratus, Frank Lapena
- Chapter 3 Sacred and secular neolithic landscapes in Ireland, Gabriel Cooney
- Chapter 4 Sacred space in the culture of the Arctic regions, O. V. Ovsyannikov, N. M. Terebikhin, Katharine Judelson
- Chapter 5 Sacred sites in Madagascar, Chantal Radimilahy
- Chapter 6 Places of power, David L. Carmichael
- Chapter 7 Sacred sites in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon, Mary Maimo Mumah
- Chapter 8 Bukusu sacred sites, Simiyu Wandibba
- Chapter 9 Sacrificial places and their meaning in Saami society, Inga-Maria Mulk
- Chapter 10 The Mijikenda kaya as a sacred site, H. W. Mutoro
- Chapter 11 The perception and treatment of prehistoric and contemporary sacred places and Sites in Poland, Katarzyna Marciniak
- Chapter 12 Islam on the Kenyan coast, George H. Okello Abungu
- Chapter 13 A ceremony in the 'cave of idolatry', Ines Sanmiguel, Ben Alberti
- Chapter 14 At the mouth of the obsidian cave, Nicholas J. Saunders
- Chapter 15 Sto, Gordon Mohs
- Chapter 16 The spirits of the Chugach people of Alaska are at rest once again, John F. C. Johnson
- Chapter 17 Waahi tapu, Hirini Matunga
- Chapter 18 Principles and practice of site protection laws in Australia, David Ritchie
- Chapter 19 When sacred land is sacred to three tribes, Robert Franklin, Pamela Bunte
- Chapter 20 Tourism and the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Nicole Price
- Chapter 21 Ninaistakis - the Nitsitapii's sacred mountain, Reeves Brian
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