AS Archaeology Vocabulary 0.0 / 5 ? ArchaeologyArchaeology VocabularyASAQA Created by: Kishore3Created on: 04-09-14 17:10 Ancestor a person from whom one has descended 1 of 32 Ancestor cult a ritualistic system of respect to the spirits of the dead to avoid evil consequences and secure good fortune 2 of 32 Animism belief that non-human entities possess a spiritual essence 3 of 32 Art and iconography traditional, pictorial material associated with a subject (eg. ledgendary) 4 of 32 Cremation burning, vaporisation and oxidation to reduce entities to basic compounds but retaining the bones 5 of 32 Excarnation burial practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones 6 of 32 Focus of attention the act of concentrating on one aspect whilst ignoring other things 7 of 32 Funerary ritual a ceremony held in connection with a burial or cremation of a dead person 8 of 32 Grave goods utilitarian (practical) and valuable objects deposited with bodies in ancient graves, probably intended for use in the afterlife 9 of 32 Inhumation the action of a burial or buried corpse 10 of 32 Liminal a boundary between two systems 11 of 32 Magic the power of apparently influencing events by using supernatural forces 12 of 32 Monotheism the belief that there is only one God 13 of 32 Myth a traditional story explaining natural or social phenomenon; a widely held but false belief 14 of 32 Pilgrim a person who travels to a sacred place for religious reasons 15 of 32 Polytheism the belief that there is more than one God 16 of 32 Prayer/participation a spiritual communion (exchange of thoughts) with God or an object of worship 17 of 32 Priest/ritual specialist a person who performs religious ceremonies and duties 18 of 32 Propitiation/votive an action to regain someone's trust or to make up for something you did wrong 19 of 32 Purity and cleansing to free from sin or guilt 20 of 32 Rites of passage a ceremony or event marking an important stage of someones life 21 of 32 Rites of intensification a ritual ceremony performed by a community at a time of crisis (ie. a rain dance) 22 of 32 Ritual a ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed to a prescribed order 23 of 32 Ritual feasting a community ceremony of food and drink 24 of 32 Sacrifice an act of slaughtering or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity (God/Goddess) 25 of 32 Sensory experience sensing an event using one of the five senses (ie. smelling a rose) 26 of 32 Shamanism when the mind reaches an altered state of consiousness to interact with the spirit world 27 of 32 Shrine/temple/ritual structure a sacred place of worship 28 of 32 Symbolism the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities 29 of 32 Totemism the belief in which each human has a spiritual connection with another physical being (ie. tree or animal) 30 of 32 Worldview a particular conception of the world 31 of 32 Worship a feeling or expression for a deity (God/Goddess) 32 of 32
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