2002, ISBN: 9780752425283

[PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Original brochure. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Jour… Mehr…

[PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Original brochure. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Zustand: Im sehr guten Zustand. / Condition: In very good condition. - Content: Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice - ‘murder most horrid’ — and even cannibalism could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in north-west Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries bc/ad, has to be confronted. This is the challenge of this original, but often disturbing, book. Having explained the nature of sacrifice in antiquity — its central role in the relationship between earthworld and Otherworld — Miranda Green looks in detail at the different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; the significante of defleshing heads and of skulls; suffocation, whether by drowning, strangling or burying alive; the selection of victims and the evidence for the sacrifice of children. In conclusion, Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites likeTollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder. The archaeological evidence is often ambiguous but some of it is very convincing. There is no doubt that ritual murder did occur in antiquity and it is unnecessarily squeamish to discount the possibility of its practice among our European ancestors. Miranda Green is Head of the Research Centre for the Study of Culture, Archaeology, Religions and Biogeography (SCARAB) at the University ofWales College, Newport, where she holds a personal Chair in Archaeology. She is the author of twelve books, including Exploring, the World of the Druids, and of many specialist papers on the European Iron Age., DE, [SC: 4.50], gebraucht; sehr gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 585g], New edition., Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2002, ISBN: 0752425285

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausg… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Zustand: Im sehr guten Zustand. / Condition: In very good condition. - Content: Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice - ‘murder most horrid’ — and even cannibalism could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in north-west Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries bc/ad, has to be confronted. This is the challenge of this original, but often disturbing, book. Having explained the nature of sacrifice in antiquity — its central role in the relationship between earthworld and Otherworld — Miranda Green looks in detail at the different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; the significante of defleshing heads and of skulls; suffocation, whether by drowning, strangling or burying alive; the selection of victims and the evidence for the sacrifice of children. In conclusion, Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites likeTollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder. The archaeological evidence is often ambiguous but some of it is very convincing. There is no doubt that ritual murder did occur in antiquity and it is unnecessarily squeamish to discount the possibility of its practice among our European ancestors. Miranda Green is Head of the Research Centre for the Study of Culture, Archaeology, Religions and Biogeography (SCARAB) at the University ofWales College, Newport, where she holds a personal Chair in Archaeology. She is the author of twelve books, including Exploring, the World of the Druids, and of many specialist papers on the European Iron Age. ISBN 9780752425283 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 585, Books<

2002, ISBN: 0752425285

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der AN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Gloucestershire: The History Press], 240 p., w/ pictures. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Zustand: Im sehr guten Zustand. / Condition: In very good condition. - Content: Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice - ‘murder most horrid’ — and even cannibalism could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in north-west Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries bc/ad, has to be confronted. This is the challenge of this original, but often disturbing, book. Having explained the nature of sacrifice in antiquity — its central role in the relationship between earthworld and Otherworld — Miranda Green looks in detail at the different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; the significante of defleshing heads and of skulls; suffocation, whether by drowning, strangling or burying alive; the selection of victims and the evidence for the sacrifice of children. In conclusion, Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites likeTollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder. The archaeological evidence is often ambiguous but some of it is very convincing. There is no doubt that ritual murder did occur in antiquity and it is unnecessarily squeamish to discount the possibility of its practice among our European ancestors. Miranda Green is Head of the Research Centre for the Study of Culture, Archaeology, Religions and Biogeography (SCARAB) at the University ofWales College, Newport, where she holds a personal Chair in Archaeology. She is the author of twelve books, including Exploring, the World of the Druids, and of many specialist papers on the European Iron Age. ISBN 9780752425283 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 585, Books<

2002, ISBN: 0752425285

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, [PU: Tempus], Jacket, Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780752425283], Gebraucht, [PU: Tempus], Jacket, Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library., Books<