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1. Ritual Site

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   A ritual site is a geographically specific location consecrated or designated for the performance of recurring ceremonial acts, rites, or formalized social interactions intended to invoke, maintain, or reconfigure metaphysical relationships, social hierarchies, or cyclical natural processes. While often associated with religious or spiritual practices, the designation of a site as "ritual" is fundamentally anthropological, defined by the codified, non-utilitarian actions performed there [1, p. 45]. The classification of a location as a ritual site often involves principles of [sacred geog…