Ritual, Rites and Religion in Prehistory, Volumes i and ii: IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory: IIIrd Deya International Conference of Prehistory

Front Cover Copyright DEDICACION THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THICK DESCRIPTION AND CONTEXTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE INTERPRETATION OF PREHISTORIC RITUAL: A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTHERN ITALY 2. GENDER, RITUAL, RITES AND RELIGION: AN OVERVIEW 3. THE ORIENTATIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN TOMBS AND SANCTUARIES 4. CLOTHED IN RITUAL, CEREMONY, DRESS AND DANCE IN FIJI: MISSIONARY INFLUENCES 5. THE HUMAN IMAGE IN THE NATUFIAN AND ACERAMIC NEOLITHIC PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE EAST 6. R.I.P. IN GOZO 7. RELIGION IN THE 'PREHISTORIC PHASES' OF PHOENICIAN MALTA 8. FUNCION Y SIGNIFICADO DE LAS TAULAS: EL CASA DE TORRALBA D'EN SALORT 9. OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF SANCTUARIES IN EARLY BRONZE AGE SICILY 10. CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RITUAL EVIDENCE IN MALTA 11. DEED OR MURDER MOST FOUL? RITUAL, RITE OR RELIGION? MALLORCAN INHUMATION IN QUICKLIME 12. RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE SON MATGE ROCK SHELTER 13. SOCIAL CONTROL OR 'OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE'? THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE NEOLITHIC OF THE TAVOLIERE 14. FUNERARY PRACTICES AND IBERIAN SOCIETY IN NORTH-EAST ANDALUSIA 15. TRANSFORMATIONS IN MORTUARY PRACTICE AND MEANING IN THE NEOLITHIC AND COPPER AGE OF LOWLAND AND EAST-CENTRAL ITALY 16. THE FUNCTION OF BALEARIC BELL BEAKER POTTERY AS A CEREMONIAL AND VOTIVE OBJECT 17. A CASE HISTORY: FUNCTION AND ORIGIN OF MALLORCAN CAST LEAD, VOTIVE FUNERARY JEWELRY 18. ESTUDIO DE COMPLEJOS FUNERARIOS: RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE LOS PATRONES DE DIETA HUMANA Y DE LOS RITOS FUNERARIOS A TRAVES DE LOS ANÁLISIS PALEOETNOBOTÁNICOS Y FUNCIONALES DE LOS OBJETOS LÍTICOS 19. APROXEMACIÓN A LA SISTEMATIZACIÓN Y CRONOLOGÍA DE LAS ESTRUCTURAS FUNERARIAS DE LA CULTURA TALAIÓTICA EN MALLORCA 20. "THAT'S HOW IT IS". AN ACCOUNT OF DEATH RITUALS IN SALÉ, CIRCA 1935 21. MEGALITHISM AND SOCIETY IN EASTERN LANGUEDOC DURING THE FINAL LATE PHASE OF THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD 22. FUNERARY RITUAL IN MALLORCA DURING THE PRE-TALAIOTIC PERIOD (Copper and Early Bronze Age) BIBLIOGRAPHY 24. MORTUARY RITES IN THE CELTIBERIAN CEMETERY OF ARAGONCILLO (GUADALAJARA, SPAIN) 25. RELIGIÓN, RITO Y RITUAL DURANTE LA PROTOHISTORIA PENINSULAR. EL FENÓMENO RELIGIOSO EN LA CULTURA IBÉRICA 26. LA ARQUITECTURA COMO RITUAL SOCIAL: EL CASO DE LAS NURAGAS SARDAS 27. DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD AND DISPERSAL OF THE LIVING IN PRE-ARGARIC S.E. SPAIN. ABRIGO 2 DE EL MILANO AND A REVISION OF THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL CHANGE: "LITTLE BIG MEN" AND NO GROWTH IN POPULATION? 28. LES TINTINÀBULES: UN ESTAT DE LA QÜESTIÓ 29. TE MAS ATLANTICOS EN EL ARTE MEGALITICO DEL SUROESTE PENINSULAR 30. LA TAULA DE BINISSAFULLET 31. VALORACION Y SIGNIFICADO DE UN SÍMBOLO MEDITERRÁNEO: LOS "CUERNOS DE LA CONSAGRACIÓN" 32. EL INFANTICIDlO EN LA ANTIGEÜEDAD 33. UBICACIÓ TOPOGRÀFICA DE LAS TAULES I SANTUARIS MENORQUINS EL SEU SIGNIFICAT ECONÒMICI SOCIAL. 34. UNA SOCIEDAD EN ESTADIO DE JEFATURA (CHIEFDOMS). LA CULTURA TALAYOTICA BALEAR 35. 'ESISTENZA DI UNA COSCIENZA RELIGIOSA NELL'UOMO PREISTORICO DELLA "OLD EUROPE" E DEL MONDO MEDITERRANEO: TESTIMONIANZE ARCHEOLOGICHE