Religion on the rocks : Hohokam rock art, ritual practice, and social transformation /
"Intrigued by the petroglyphs and pictographs of the American Southwest, people commonly ask what these symbols mean. Religion on the Rocks redirects our attention to the equally important matter of what compelled ancient farmers to craft rock art in the first place. To answer this, Aaron Wrigh...
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Language: | English |
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Salt Lake City :
The University of Utah Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ritual Practice, Religious Knowledge, and Social Reproduction
- 3. Ritual, Religion, and Society among the Hohokam
- 4. The South Mountains Archaeological Landscape
- 5. Chronicling Hohokam Rock Art
- 6. Ritualization of Hohokam Rock Art
- 7. Hohokam Rock Art as Religious Knowledge
- 8. Rock Art and Transformation of the Hohokam Social World
- 9. Conclusion
- Appendix: Petroglyph Typology.