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9780415521284

An Archaeology of the Cosmos: Rethinking Agency and Religion in Ancient America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415521284

  • ISBN10:

    0415521289

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-11-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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An Archaeology of the Cosmosseeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from pre-Columbian and early historic-period North America, and drawing on and adapting theories of agency and religion Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Are religious beliefs more resilient than other aspects of culture and society? Do people cause the changes? Or do the changes happen to people? An Archaeology of the Cosmosexamines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the study of ancient religion.

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