In her in-depth study of the rich archaelogical record of ritual contexts of inland settlements of Archaic Sicily, submitted as PhD thesis to the Universitz of insbruck, the author of this prize-winning book takes an explicit methodological approach towards her subject in the vein of Anthony F. C. Wallace’s definition of ritual as ‘religion in action’ as expounded in his “Religion. An Anthropological View” (New York 1966) {...}
This book is a must for all those who engage in the archaeological study of ‘Religion in Action’.

Von Peter Attema

In Germania 96, 2018, S. 307-311
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„Ritual und Religion in archaischen Sizilien1 publishes Birgit Öhlinger’s Innsbruck dissertation
(appropriately, it has cultural contact in its subtitle), examining inland indigenous
ritual sites from a sociological and archaeological perspective: deeper understanding of religion
and ritual is directly linked to a better understanding of predominant social structure,
and, in a socio-religious approach, religion, economy, politics and family are among the
many sub-systems that partake of reciprocal relationships. (...) Handsomely produced in large format with many
high-quality illustrations.“

Von G. R. Tsetskhladze
In Ancient West & East Vol. 18 (2019), S. 302