Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe

by Richard Bradley

Book Overview

This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. Richard Bradley contends that for much of the prehistoric period, ritual was not a distinct sphere of activity. Rather it was the way in which different features of the domestic world were played out until they took on qualities of theatrical performance.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415345510
• ISBN13: 9780415345514
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"