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Ancestral Shrines

Ancestral Shrines is a ritual space serving as a focal point for veneration practices, distinguished by its dedicated function of housing ancestral tablets and facilitating offerings to honor lineage spirits within a culturally specific cosmological framework.

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Publications

952

Citations

42

Authors

23

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

23

Saints and Relics in Anglo-Saxon England.

Pamela Sheingorn, David Rollason · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 215 citations

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Fruitful Journeys. The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims

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

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Revisiting Our Indigenous Shrines Through Mungiki

Grace Nyatugah Wamue · African Affairs · 2001 · 80 citations

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The Inner Sanctum of Feather Cave, a Mogollon Sun and Earth Shrine Linking Mexico and the Southwest

Florence Hawley Ellis, L. Hammack · American Antiquity · 1968 · 59 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

42

  1. TI
    Timothy Insoll

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. MG
    Michelle Gilbert

    Hartford Financial Services (United States)

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  3. FH
    Florence Hawley Ellis

    University of New Mexico, United States

    1 publications · 59 citations

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  4. IA
    Ian A. Simpson

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. FL
    Frederick Lamp

    Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

23

  1. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  2. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    136 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  6. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Baltimore Museum of Art

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. Baylor University

    Waco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Anthropology and Medicine

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. Antiquity

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Asian Folklore Studies

    1 publications · 159 citations

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  5. Dance Research Journal

    DRJ · 1 publications · 23 citations

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