This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

Chapter 1 Religion Beyond Icon, Burial and Monument: An Introduction, David S.Whitley, KelleyHays-Gilpin; Chapter 2 Religion and Archaeology: An Analytical, Materialist Account, J. DavidLewis-Williams; Chapter 3, MichaelWinkelman; Chapter 4 Supernatural Metaphors and belief in the Past: Defining an Archaeology of Religion, Elisabeth V.Culley; Chapter 5 Cognition, Emotion, and Belief: First Steps in an Archaeology of Religion, David S.Whitley; Chapter 6 Centering Historical-Archaeological Discourse: The Prehistory of Central Asian/South Siberian Shamanism, AndrzejRozwadowski; Chapter 7 Text Versus Image: The Implications of Physical Evidence for Buddhist History, RobertDeCaroli; Chapter 8 Delegitimizing Religion: The Archaeology of Religion as ... Archaeology, LarsFogelin; Chapter 9 Bodylore and the Archaeology of Embedded Religion: Dramatic License in the Funerals of the Vikings, Neil S.Price; Chapter 10 Historical-Processual Archaeology and Culture Making: Unpacking the Southern Cult and Mississippian Religion, Thomas E.Emerson, Timothy R.Pauketat; Chapter 11 Discontinuity Between Political Power and Religious Status: Mountains, Pools, and Dry Ones Among Venda-Speaking Chiefdoms of Southern Africa, Johannes H. N.Loubser; Chapter 12 Shrines of the Land and Places of Power: Religion and the Transition to Farming in Western Europe, ChrisScarre; Chapter 13 Northern Landscapes, Northern Mind: On the Trail of an "Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherer Belief", PeterJordan; Chapter 14 Archaeology and Women's Ritual Business, KelleyHays-Gilpin; Chapter 15 Traditional Knowledge, Ritual Behavior, and Contemporary Interpretations of the Archaeological Record-An Ojibwa Perspective, María NievesZedeño;