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Shrine Franchising and the Neolithic in the British Isles: Some Observations based upon the Tallensi, Northern Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2006

Timothy Insoll
Timothy Insoll
Affiliation:
Archaeology, School of Arts, Histories & Cultures, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK; Tim.Insoll@manchester.ac.uk.
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Abstract

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Ethnography of the Tallensi shows how rights of access to shrines could be granted to people in other places and how beneficiaries may take with them samples of stone used at the mother shrine. Reasons for taking the samples are considered. It is suggested that Tallensi practice offers an analogy for selection and transfer of stone in the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland.

Keywords

Tallensi shrinesethnography, GhanaNeolithic Britainstone use, Neolithicstone use, Ghana
Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 223 - 238
Copyright
2006 The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research