Religion in the Emergence of Civilization: Çatalhöyük as a Case Study

by Ian Hodder

Book Overview

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines ?atalh?y?k as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, ?atalh?y?k was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521150191
• ISBN13: 9780521150194
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"