TY - JOUR
KW - pilgrimage
KW - South Asia
KW - archaeological evidence
KW - archaeological visibility
KW - cultural heritage
KW - cultural influence
KW - cultural tradition
KW - historical perspective
KW - human settlement
KW - intangible heritage
KW - monument
KW - temporary gatherings
AU - Christopher Davis
AU - Robin Coningham
AB - South 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.
DO - 10.1080/00438243.2018.1490199
M1 - 2
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - South 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.
SP - 347
EP - 363
TI - Pilgrimage and procession: temporary gatherings and journeys between the tangible and intangible through the archaeology of South Asia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049797108&doi=10.1080%2f00438243.2018.1490199&partnerID=40&md5=5c85dc2d1d5b649a9f96bfb07ecb70a9
VL - 50
SN - 00438243 (ISSN)
ER -