02087nas a2200301   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001500043653001500058653002800073653003000101653002200131653002300153653002300176653002700199653002100226653002400247653001300271653002500284100002200309700002000331245013900351856015400490300001200644490000700656520110200663022002001765                                       d10apilgrimage10aSouth Asia10aarchaeological evidence10aarchaeological visibility10acultural heritage10acultural influence10acultural tradition10ahistorical perspective10ahuman settlement10aintangible heritage10amonument10atemporary gatherings1 aChristopher Davis1 aRobin Coningham00aPilgrimage and procession: temporary gatherings and journeys between the tangible and intangible through the archaeology of South Asia  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049797108&doi=10.1080%2f00438243.2018.1490199&partnerID=40&md5=5c85dc2d1d5b649a9f96bfb07ecb70a9  a347-3630 v503 aSouth Asia is home to many of the world’s major religions, and over a century of archaeological enquiry has documented the sites associated with these traditions. Although textual scholarship, augmented by art historical and architectural studies of durable remains, has dominated interpretations, recent archaeological studies have begun to redress this balance by contextualizing monuments within their landscapes and engaging with the varied roles that such monuments played in the past. Referencing ethnographic analogy and archaeological visibility of ritual practices, alongside analysis of archaeological and textual evidence, the authors explore the issues faced when identifying and interpreting temporary gatherings at these sites in the past with reference to pilgrimage. Utilizing a broad-spectrum approach through varying time-periods and traditions, they advance potential ways of bridging the gap between intangible practices and tangible evidence, revealing the role of settlements, religious sites and landscapes as routeways and assembly points for pilgrimages and processions.  a00438243 (ISSN)