Titlebook: Building Magic; Ritual and Re-enchan Owen Davies,Ceri Houlbrook Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive

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Purnima Pandit,Priyank Makwana,Shardav Bhatting for ritual explanations for any concealments then there is a lot of background noise to eliminate before detecting evidence for ritual. The concealment of any object attracts multiple explanations that we cannot divine from the material evidence alone, unless there is a literary record of its de

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Purnima Pandit,Priyank Makwana,Shardav Bhatteen interpreted as ‘foundation deposits’ or ‘foundation sacrifices’. Both terms have ambiguous and often contested meanings, and this chapter begins by asking what is meant by them and how scholars have come to a range of definitions. It explores the long tradition in scholarship to assume the preva

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Christian Leithäuser,René Pinnaue shall see, the overwhelming evidence is that they had an acoustic function. Walter Johnson (1912) was supremely confident that ‘the modern theory of the acoustic purpose of the skulls fades as we trace the custom to more remote times’. It was a seductive idea that modern ‘rational’ explanations fo

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Simone Göttlich,Michael Herty,Anja Mildey physical expressions of their concealers’ sentiments at the time of concealment, and many appear to have been abstract attempts to communicate and cement memories and messages for posterity. This chapter explores the history of time capsules and post-medieval foundation rituals, before considering

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Simone Göttlich,Michael Herty,Anja Mildeh be employed to ensure the wellbeing of the home, but in a literal sense they . very different things. This chapter argues that this is an issue that goes beyond semantics; it leads to the misrepresentation of people’s actions and emotions. The concealed shoe is one object often interpreted as an a

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F. Seydou,O. M. Ramahi,T. Seppänennigmatic finds can be explained without reference to magic protection, the idea of the apotropaic device appeals and persists because the notion of a family protecting their home from witches and demons is exciting and sensational. However, such issues are not viewed here as necessarily problematic.

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Owen Davies,Ceri HoulbrookExplores the invention and reinvention of traditions regarding building magic.Redresses popular interpretations of concealed objects, discovered within the fabric of post-medieval buildings.Examines t