Between Rocks and ‘High Places’: On Religious Architecture in the Iron Age Southern Levant
In this paper we examine why common methodologies for determining ‘religious architecture’ do not account for the diverse and fluid ways in which religious behavior can be expressed. We focus on religious architecture from the Iron Age Southern Levant highlighting certain sites that ‘fall through th...
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| description | In this paper we examine why common methodologies for determining ‘religious architecture’ do not account for the diverse and fluid ways in which religious behavior can be expressed. We focus on religious architecture from the Iron Age Southern Levant highlighting certain sites that ‘fall through the cracks’ of current taxonomies. We propose a different way of approaching evidence for religious practice in the archaeological record, viewing religion as one dimension of social action made visible along a spectrum of ritualization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d7f165d7416458b8238404da4ef0add2023-11-22T15:03:57ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-09-0112974010.3390/rel12090740Between Rocks and ‘High Places’: On Religious Architecture in the Iron Age Southern LevantDiederik J. H. Halbertsma0Bruce Routledge1Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UKDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UKIn this paper we examine why common methodologies for determining ‘religious architecture’ do not account for the diverse and fluid ways in which religious behavior can be expressed. We focus on religious architecture from the Iron Age Southern Levant highlighting certain sites that ‘fall through the cracks’ of current taxonomies. We propose a different way of approaching evidence for religious practice in the archaeological record, viewing religion as one dimension of social action made visible along a spectrum of ritualization.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/740religionarchitectureIron AgeSouthern Levant |
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| title | Between Rocks and ‘High Places’: On Religious Architecture in the Iron Age Southern Levant |
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