This book introduces a novel approach to archaeological exploration of religious landscapes, blending Indigenous philosophies with the spatial and semiotic theories of Lefebvre, Peirce, and proponents of assemblage theories. Through case studies from ancient Angkor and the Andes, it explores how rituals of place-making activated processes of territorialization and semiosis crucial to understanding the political dynamics of past societies. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre's insights, the book examines varying conceptions, perceptions, and experiences of landscapes, revealing alignments and conflicts among different registers. By analyzing built environments, infrastructures, and rituals in specialized buildings, the book shows how archaeologists can reconstruct past ontologies, cosmologies, ideologies of time and place, and specific political struggles.