Author : Dragoş Gheorghiu
Release : 2018-04-18
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Archaeological Approaches to Shamanism by : Dragoş Gheorghiu
Download or read book Archaeological Approaches to Shamanism written by Dragoş Gheorghiu. This book was released on 2018-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long awaited book discusses both ancient and modern shamanism, demonstrating its longevity and spatial distribution. The book is divided into eleven thought-provoking chapters that are organised into three sections: mind-body, nature, and culture. It discusses the clear associations with this sometimes little-understood ritualised practice, and asks what shamanism is and if tangible evidence can be extracted from a largely fragmentary archaeological record. The book offers a novel portrayal of the material culture of shamanism by collating carefully selected studies by specialists from three different continents, promoting a series of new perspectives on this idiosyncratic and sometimes intangible phenomenon.