Diversity of Sacrifice: Form and Function of Sacrificial Practices in the Ancient World and Beyond 1438459955, 9781438459950

Diversity of Sacrifice: Form and Function of Sacrificial Practices in the Ancient World and Beyond 1438459955, 9781438459950

The term "sacrifice" belies what is a complex and varied transhistorical and transcultural phenomenon. Bringin

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Not Sparing the Child: Human Sacrifice in the Ancient World and Beyond 9780567659170, 9780567654854, 9780567352637

The role of human sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and its implications continue to be topics that fire the

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The Function of Form 9788496954731

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Ecce Monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form 9780823291434

In the 1930s, Georges Bataille proclaimed a "ferociously religious" sensibility characterized by simultaneous

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The Contradiction Between Form and Function in Architecture 9781135093471, 9780415639132

Continuing the themes that have been addressed in The Humanities in Architectural Design and The Cultural Role of Archit

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Exploring Gender Diversity in the Ancient World 147444704X, 9781474447041

Gender identity and expression in ancient cultures are questioned in these 15 essays in light of our new understandings

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The City Gate in Ancient Israel and Her Neighbors: The Form, Function, and Symbolism of the Civic Forum in the Southern Levant 9004416668, 9789004416666

"In The City Gate in Ancient Israel and Her Neighbors, Daniel A. Frese provides a wide-ranging portrayal of one of

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Exploring Gender Diversity in the Ancient World 9781474447065

Explores how binary gender and behaviours of gender were actively challenged in classical antiquity Provides a focus on

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Ecology of Coastal Marine Sediments: Form, Function, and Change in the Anthropocene 0198804776, 9780198804772

Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth. Seafloor biodiversity is a key med

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Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche: The Rise of Social Complexity in Ancient Peru 9781477308721

In a special precinct dedicated to ritual sacrifice at Huaca de la Luna on the north coast of Peru, about seventy-five m

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