{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"American Journal of Archaeology","provider_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org","author_name":"aja","author_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/author\/aja\/","title":"Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies | January 2019 (123.1) | American Journal of Archaeology","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FEwOyCn3bs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/3780\/\">Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/3780\/embed\/#?secret=FEwOyCn3bs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies&#8221; &#8212; American Journal of Archaeology\" data-secret=\"FEwOyCn3bs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"This edited volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, animal ethologists, and psychologists to explore the shared cognitive and evolutionary foundations of play, ritual, and sport. Inspired by Huizinga&rsquo;s theory of Homo ludens, authors in part 1 of the compendium debate whether the &ldquo;the primaeval soil of play&rdquo; (32) underwrote the development [&hellip;]"}