1st Edition

Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe

By Richard Bradley Copyright 2005
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. Richard Bradley contends that for much of the prehistoric period, ritual was not a distinct sphere of activity. Rather it was the way in which different features of the domestic world were played out until they took on qualities of theatrical performance. With extensive... Read more
Part 1: The Importance of Ordinary Things 1. Death and the Harvest 2. The Consecration of the House 3. A Duty of Care Part 2: Where the Stress Falls 4. A House with a Pool 5. Multiplication and Division 6. The Rites of Separation 7. What Remains to be Seen

Biography

Professor of Archaeology at Reading University.