Heffron, Y;
(2011)
Household rituals in Middle Bronze Age Anatolia: An archaeological-textual study.
Doctoral thesis , University of Cambridge.
Abstract
This Thesis explores the extent to and the ways in which ordinary private houses served as ritual settings. It therefore focuses on magico-religious rites designed and carried out primarily to accommodate private concerns for ensuring the physical and spiritual wellbeing of the household and family. Such concerns are evaluated in terms of how a household—either collectively or by its individual members—negotiates contact with the supernatural realm. This Thesis is not intended as an exhaustive account of all forms of private ritual but rather identifies three main guiding themes within which to reconstruct household rites. Chapter One investigates the extent to which a domestic house or parts thereof can be recognised as liminal loci on a permanent, semi-permanent or ad hoc basis. Chapter Two highlights the function of a domestic house as a funerary setting by a comparative account of extramural and intramural burials; and evaluates ancestor veneration in the wider scope of generational continuity inclusive of the ritual dimensions of pregnancy, birth and child mortality. Chapter Three identifies two distinct classes of ritual paraphernalia (zoomorphic vessels and lead figurines) for a detailed study of the use and meaning of these objects in the specific context of household rites.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Household rituals in Middle Bronze Age Anatolia: An archaeological-textual study |
| Event: | University of Cambridge |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1541734 |
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