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The papers in this volume represent a range of approaches to the study of the symbolic roles of animals in human cultures. The theme that unites these papers is their use of a variety of different kinds of evidenceincluding archaeological, faunal, historical, ethnographic, artistic, and folkloric datain the reconstruction of animal symbolism.
Price: £29.50
Pages: 112
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Series: MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology
Publication Date:
29 January 1995
ISBN: 9781931707060
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
^BForeword^b, Pam J. Crabtree and Kathleen Ryan
^BAnimals Good to Think: Bronze Age Scandinavia and Ohio Hopewell^b, Janet E. Levy
^BThe Symbolic Role of Animals in Anglo-Saxon England: Evidence from Burials and Cremations^b, Pam J. Crabtree
^BBear Elk, and Fish Symbolism in Finnish Contexts^b, Deborah J. Shepherd
^BAltered States: Human-Animal Transformational Images in Dorset Art^b, Genevieve LeMoine, James Helmer, and Don Hanna
^BWhy Chickens? The Centrality of the Domestic Fowl in West African Ritual and Magic^b, Kevin C. MacDonald
^BBedouin Animal Sacrifice Practices: Case Study in Israel^b, Joel D. Klenck
^BDinner in Buqata: The Symbolic Nature of Food Animals and Meal Sharing in a Druze Village^b, Bill Grantham
^BPork on the Southern Coastal Plain: Nutrition or Symbol?^b, Elizabeth J. Reitz
^BThe Spanish Bullfight: Some Historical Aspects, Traditional Interpretations, and Comments of Archaeozoological Interest for the Study of Ritual Slaughter^b, Lola Carmen Muñiz and Arturo Morales Muñiz
^BAnimals Good to Think: Bronze Age Scandinavia and Ohio Hopewell^b, Janet E. Levy
^BThe Symbolic Role of Animals in Anglo-Saxon England: Evidence from Burials and Cremations^b, Pam J. Crabtree
^BBear Elk, and Fish Symbolism in Finnish Contexts^b, Deborah J. Shepherd
^BAltered States: Human-Animal Transformational Images in Dorset Art^b, Genevieve LeMoine, James Helmer, and Don Hanna
^BWhy Chickens? The Centrality of the Domestic Fowl in West African Ritual and Magic^b, Kevin C. MacDonald
^BBedouin Animal Sacrifice Practices: Case Study in Israel^b, Joel D. Klenck
^BDinner in Buqata: The Symbolic Nature of Food Animals and Meal Sharing in a Druze Village^b, Bill Grantham
^BPork on the Southern Coastal Plain: Nutrition or Symbol?^b, Elizabeth J. Reitz
^BThe Spanish Bullfight: Some Historical Aspects, Traditional Interpretations, and Comments of Archaeozoological Interest for the Study of Ritual Slaughter^b, Lola Carmen Muñiz and Arturo Morales Muñiz