The coevolution of ritual and society: new 14C dates from ancient Mexico.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 101(52): 18257-61, 2004 Dec 28.
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| ID: mdl-15601758
New (14)C dates from Oaxaca, Mexico, document changes in religious ritual that accompanied the evolution of society from hunting and gathering to the archaic state. Before 4000 B.P. in conventional radiocarbon years, a nomadic egalitarian lifeway selected for unscheduled (ad hoc) ritual from which no one was excluded. With the establishment of permanent villages (4000-3000 B.P.), certain rituals were scheduled by solar or astral events and restricted to initiates/social achievers. After state formation (2050 B.P.), many important rituals were performed only by trained full-time priests using religious calendars and occupying temples built by corvee labor. Only 1,300-1,400 years seem to have elapsed between the oldest known ritual building and the first standardized state temple.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sociedades
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Cultura
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos