Religion and ritual in sixth‐millennium B.C. Mesopotamia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7423948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Oates (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 117-124 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1978.9979723 |
| OpenAlex | W1979506477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 22 |
Surprisingly little evidence that can be interpreted in terms of religious ritual or beliefs has survived from sixth‐millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. From the Hassuna phase there are virtually no relevant data, and only the cemeteries of Sawwan and Samarra reveal the existence of 'religious' beliefs among Samarran communities. Halaf settlements have yielded evidence of both ritual activity and buildings, but there is no persuasive evidence for either a 'bull cult' or that of a universal 'Mother‐Goddess'. Only with the earliest 'Ubaid villages in Sumer do we find buildings that can be described unequivocally as 'shrines
Ancient history · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Cult · Ethnology · Geography · Human settlement · Mesopotamia · Sixth century · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2024 (44) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |