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Excavating Pilgrimage

Archaeological Approaches to Sacred Travel and Movement in the Ancient World. Routledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 16th Feb 2017
Dimensions: w 158mm h 238mm d 24mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN-10: 1472453905
ISBN-13: 9781472453907
Barcode No: 9781472453907
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This volume sheds new light on the significance and meaning of material culture for the study of pilgrimage in the ancient world, focusing in particular on Classical and Hellenistic Greece, the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. It thus discusses how archaeological evidence can be used to advance our understanding of ancient pilgrimage and ritual experience. The volume brings together a group of scholars who explore some of the rich archaeological evidence for sacred travel and movement, such as the material footprint of different activities undertaken by pilgrims, the spatial organization of sanctuaries and the wider catchment of pilgrimage sites, as well as the relationship between architecture, art and ritual. Contributions also tackle both methodological and theoretical issues related to the study of pilgrimage, sacred travel and other types of movement to, from and within sanctuaries through case studies stretching from the first millennium BC to the early medieval period.

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"an important and welcome [volume]"

- Alexander Meyer, University of Western Ontario, Canada, The Classical Review 2019