Contemplation and Action: The Other Monasticism
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Offering a social archaeology of lesser monastic sites, this book incorporates a description and analysis of excavated remains and extant structures, a review of the relationship between historical and archaeological enquiry and a theoretical investigation of the nature of material culture and religious belief. Its main focus is on the social and economic functions defined spatially within sites and evidence is drawn from a wide range of sources: topographical setting and landscape management; structural evidence from excavated deposits and standing fabric; iconography; environmental evidence and human remains from excavated cemetaries.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:071851730X
ISBN13:9780718517304
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:Leicester University
Length:250 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.8" x 9.9"
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