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Ancestor Shrines

Ancestor Shrines is a ritual space dedicated to the veneration of deceased family members, distinguished by its function as a physical or symbolic locus for offerings, prayers, and ancestral remembrance within kinship-based religious practice.

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2017–2026

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Publications

29

Fruitful Journeys. The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims

Alan Morinis, Ann Grodzins Gold · Asian Folklore Studies · 1989 · 159 citations

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Traditional Chinese Religious Beliefs and Superstitions in Delusions and Hallucinations of Chinese Schizophrenic Patients

Kam‐shing Yip · International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 2003 · 84 citations

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Revisiting Our Indigenous Shrines Through Mungiki

Grace Nyatugah Wamue · African Affairs · 2001 · 80 citations

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The Wu Liang Shrine: the ideology of early Chinese pictorial art

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 48 citations

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Shrines, Ancestors, and Cognatic Descent: The Kwaio and Tallensi<sup>1</sup>

Roger M. Keesing · American Anthropologist · 1970 · 46 citations

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Authors

38

  1. NS
    Naohito Shimizu

    Media Design School, New Zealand

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  2. DA
    David Akwasi Mensah Abrampah

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. JJ
    James J. Aimers

    SUNY Geneseo, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  4. AP
    Anthony Pagden

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  5. TO
    Takahiro Ogasawara

    Media Design School, New Zealand

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. Institute of Archaeology

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  2. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

    Halle, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of New Hampshire at Manchester

    Manchester, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  6. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    84 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 144 citations

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  3. American Anthropologist

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  4. International Journal of Social Psychiatry

    IJSP · 1 publications · 84 citations

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  5. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

    JIH · 1 publications · 27 citations

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