While a wide range of objects and symbols are considered, in-depth analysis focuses on three artifact types: witch bottles, concealed footwear, and concealed cats. This thesis examines the material culture of magic and folk ritual in the eastern United States, focusing on objects deliberately concealed within and around standing structures. more The tradition of placing objects and symbols within, under, on, and around buildings for supernatural protection and good luck, as an act of formal or informal consecration, or as an element of other magico-religious or mundane ritual, has been documented throughout the world. The tradition of placing objects and symbols within, under, on, and around buildings for supernat.
The article concludes with a discussion of regional variation in ritual concealments and the importance of family and household structure, geographic and cultural origin, and cosmology and worldview in private domestic ritual. An overview of other important artifact types illustrates the wide variety of material culture employed in folk rituals in European America. Comparative analysis of three artifact types-witch bottles, concealed footwear, and cats-highlights discrepancies between ethnohistorical and archaeological evidence, and demonstrates temporal, geographical, and spatial patterns in ritual concealments. Similar evidence of the material culture of magic and folk belief in the United States is presented, focusing on ritual deposits hidden within and around domestic structures associated with European American populations. more Research on concealed deposits with ritual significance has been conducted by scholars in continental Europe, the British Isles, and Australia. Research on concealed deposits with ritual significance has been conducted by scholars in contine. This article examines the evidence for particular ritual concealments in houses in central Suffolk, England, consisting of numerous objects deliberately depo. 1650 to 1850 By Timothy Easton Abstract: Deposits of personal objects, chosen for their ritual associations and hidden in buildings, have been reported in England since the early 20th century. Four Spiritual Middens in Mid Suffolk, England, ca.
An overview of the themes and topics addressed in the articles in this thematic issue and their relevance to the broader field of historical archaeology concludes the paper (pp.1–9). An overview of the development of a historical archaeology of ritual highlights current controversies and deficiencies in the discipline, notably assumptions regarding race and ethnicity. more This introductory article explores the complex and overlapping concepts of magic, religion, and ritual and the ways in which archaeologists’ understanding of these concepts informs our interpretation of the material record. This introductory article explores the complex and overlapping concepts of magic, religion, and r.
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