Excavating Pilgrimage: Archaeological Approaches to Sacred Travel and Movement in the Ancient World (Routledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism)

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.-- Introduction: Archaeologies Of Pilgrimage / Wiebke Friese And Troels Myrup Kristensen -- Inter-cultural Pilgrimage, Identity, And The Axial Age In The Ancient Near East / Joy Mccorriston -- Collective Mysteries And Greek Pilgrimage: The Cases Of Eleusis, Thebes And Andania / Inge Nielsen -- Of Piety, Gender And Ritual Space: An Archaeological Approach To Women’s Sacred Travel In Greece / Wiebke Friese -- The Pilgrim’s Passage Into The Sanctuary Of The Great Gods, Samothrace / Bonna D. Wescoat -- Pilgrimage And Procession In The Panhellenic Festivals: Some Observations On The Hellenistic Leukophryena In Magnesia-on-the-meander / Kristoph Jürgens -- Palimpsest And Virtual Presence: A Reading Of Space And Dedications At The Amphiareion At Oropos In The Hellenistic Period / Alexia Petsalis-diomidis -- Roman Healing Pilgrimage North Of The Alps / Martin Grünewald -- Visiting The Ancestors: Ritual Movement In Rome’s Urban Borderland / Saskia Stevens -- The Pilgrim And The Arch: Paths And Passageways At Qal’at Sem’an, Sinai, Abu Mina, And Tebessa / Ann Marie Yasin -- Movement As Sacred Mimesis At Abu Mena And Qal’at Sem’an / Heather Hunter-crawley -- The Allure Of The Saint: Late Antique Pilgrimage To The Monastery Of St Shenoute / Louise Blanke -- Excavating Meriamlik: Sacred Space And Economy In Late Antique Pilgrimage / Troels Myrup Kristensen -- Pilgrimage And Multi-religious Worship: Palestinian Mamre In Late Antiquity / Vlastimil Drbal -- Responses:. Excavating Pilgrimage / Jaś Elsner ; Pilgrimage Progress? / Jan N. Bremmer. Edited By Troels Myrup Kristensen And Wiebke Friese. Early Versions Of The Contributions To This Volume Were Presented At A Symposium Organized By The Editors And Held 9-10 May 2014 In The Department Of History And Classical Studies, Aarhus University.--preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of figures 8 Notes on contributors 11 Preface 14 1 Introduction: Archaeologies of pilgrimage 16 2 Inter-cultural pilgrimage, identity, and the Axial Age in the ancient Near East 26 3 Collective mysteries and Greek pilgrimage: The cases of Eleusis, Thebes and Andania 43 4 Of piety, gender and ritual space: An archaeological approach to women’s sacred travel in Greece 62 5 The pilgrim’s passage into the sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace 82 6 Pilgrimage and procession in the Panhellenic festivals: Some observations on the Hellenistic Leukophryena in Magnesia-on-the-Meander 102 7 Palimpsest and virtual presence: A reading of space and dedications at the Amphiareion at Oropos in the Hellenistic period 121 8 Roman healing pilgrimage north of the Alps 145 9 Visiting the ancestors: Ritual movement in Rome’s urban borderland 167 10 The pilgrim and the arch: Paths and passageways at Qal‘at Sem‘an, Sinai, Abu Mena, and Tebessa 181 11 Movement as sacred mimesis at Abu Mena and Qal’at Sem’an 202 12 The allure of the saint: Late antique pilgrimage to the monastery of St Shenoute 218 13 Excavating Meriamlik: Sacred space and economy in late antique pilgrimage 239 14 Pilgrimage and multi-religious worship: Palestinian Mamre in Late Antiquity 260 Responses 278 15 Excavating pilgrimage 280 16 Pilgrimage progress? 290 Index 300