Defining the Sacred

Published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by
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Paperback Edition: ISBN 978-1-78297-679-0
Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-78297-683-7
Kindle Edition: ISBN 978-1-78297-684-4
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

              Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Defining the sacred : approaches to the archaeology of religion in the Near East / edited by Nicola Laneri.
-- 1st [edition].
      1 online resource.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
  ISBN 978-1-78297-849-7 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-850-3 (prc) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-851-0 ( pdf)
-- ISBN 978-1-78297-679-0 1. Middle East--Religion. 2. Archaeology and religion--Middle East. 3.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East. 4. Middle East--Antiquities. I. Laneri, Nicola, editor.
  BL1060
  200.9394--dc23

2015009796

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Front cover: Arms, hands and elements of clothing reveal the anthropomorphic character of Göbekli Tepe’s pillars (Pillar 31 in the centre of Enclosure D) (photo: N. Becker, © DAI).