Examines the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies, using ?atalh?y?k, as a case study.This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies, using ?atalh?y?k as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, ?atalh?y?k was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. Through exploring themes including the integration of the spiritual and the material, the role of belief in religion, the cognitive bases for religion, and its social roles, this book situates the results from ?atalh?y?k within a broader understanding of the Neolithic in the Middle East.This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies, using ?atalh?y?k as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, ?atalh?y?k was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. Through exploring themes including the integration of the spiritual and the material, the role of belief in religion, the cognitive bases for religion, and its social roles, this book situates the results from ?atalh?y?k within a broader understanding of the Neolithic in the Middle East.This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines ?atalh?y?k as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, ?atalh?y?k was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and vlƒ¬
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