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Material Symbolism

Material Symbolism is a theoretical construct within the study of ritual symbolism that identifies and analyzes physical objects, artifacts, or material forms as bearers of symbolic meaning, distinguished by their capacity to embody, convey, and mediate cultural, social, or religious values through their tangible, sensory, and contextual properties within ritual practices.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Symbols in Action: Ethnoarchaeological Studies of Material Culture

Richard A. Gould, Ian Hodder · Man · 1983 · 372 citations

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An Early Case of Color Symbolism

Erella Hovers, Shimon Ilani, Ofer Bar‐Yosef et al. · Current Anthropology · 2003 · 299 citations · Full text

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Race and affluence: an archaeology of African America and consumer culture

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 181 citations · Full text

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The Material Turn in the Study of Religion

Sonia Hazard · Religion and Society · 2013 · 175 citations

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The Meaning of Things: Material Culture and Symbolic Expression.

Susan Pearce, I. Hodder · Man · 1990 · 117 citations

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Authors

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  1. ES
    Eric Schatzberg

    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  2. HT
    Hazel Tucker

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  3. VL
    Virgil L. Sheets

    Indiana State University, United States

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  4. LM
    Lynn M. Pietak

    Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. RK
    Robert Kreuzbauer

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  2. Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  3. Amherst College

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  5. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Archéorient

    Lyon, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  7. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. Enterprise & Society

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  2. Current Anthropology

    CA · 2 publications · 394 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 229 citations

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  4. Man

    2 publications · 489 citations

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  5. International Journal of Social Pedagogy

    1 publications · 12 citations

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