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1、TheArchaeologyofShamanismThemeaningof‘shamanism’hasbeendebatedforalmostthreecenturies,eversincethetermwascoinedtodescribetheactivitiesofthosewhoattainedalteredstatesofconsciousnessinordertomediatebetweenhumanbeingsandthesupernaturalworld.Theritualpracticesthatcharacterisedthesep
2、erceivedcontactswithotherrealitieshavelefthighlyphysicaltracesinthearchaeologicalrecordofprehistoricpeoples,andthepotentialfortherecognitionofshamanicbeliefsystemsinthepastisnowbeingrealisedasneverbefore.Inthistimelycollection,NeilPriceprovidesageneralintroductiontothearchaeolog
3、yofshamanismbybringingtogetherrecentworkonthesubject.Blendingtheoreticaldiscussionwithdetailedcasestudies,theissuesaddressedincludeshamanicmaterialculture,responsestodyingandthedead,shamanicsoundscapes,theuseofritualarchitectureandshamanisminthecontextofotherbeliefsystems.Follow
4、inganinitialorientationreviewingshamanismasananthropologicalconstruct,thevolumefocusesontheNorthernhemispherewithcasestudiesfromGreenlandtoNepal,SiberiatoKazakhstan.ThechaptersspanachronologicalrangefromtheUpperPalaeolithictothepresentandexploresuchcross-cuttingthemesasgenderand
5、thebody,identity,landscape,thesocialperceptionofanimals,prehistoric‘art’,andshamanismintheheritageandculturalidentityofindigenouspeoples.Thevolumealsoaddressestheinterpretationofshamanicbeliefsintermsofcognitiveneuroscienceandthemodernpublicperceptionofshamanisminthepast.Thisboo
6、kisanessentialstudyofancientshamanismthroughitsmaterialremains.Itservesasasourceoffront-linecasestudiesforspecialists,whilemakingthesediscussionsaccessibletoabroaderpublic.Archaeologists,anthropologists,historiansofreligionandpsychologistswillfindthevolumeavaluableworkofreference
7、,aswillthoseinterestedinalternativereligionsandspiritualphilosophies.NeilS.PriceisaLecturerinArchaeologyattheUniversityofUppsala,Sweden.HehaswrittenextensivelyontheVikingAge,andhasconductedresearchprojectsinFrance,Iceland,RussiaandSápmi(Lappland).•ii•Rectorunning-headFrontispiec
8、e.Ivorymaskette,500–1BC,Tyara,northernQuébec.(P