From Black Land to Fifth Sun (Excerpts)

The Science of Sacred Sites by Brian Fagan describes how archaeologists use modern science to study ancient cosmologies and religious beliefs. All archaeologists analyze the material remains of human behavior in the past using such durable funds as pottery, stone tools, building foundations, and food remains. In recent years some scholars have turned from the material to the intangible. They ask a question that was unthinkable even 20 years ago: what can archaeology tell us about the relationships between ancient cultures and their world as the perceived it?

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