Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief: Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America

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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America -- 1. Early Ritual in the American Southeast: Evidence from the Paleoindian Period -- 2. Caches and Burials: Ritual Use of Dust Cave during the Paleoindian and Archaic Periods --...

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Main Author: Carmody, Stephen B (Author)
Contributors: Barrier, Casey R. 1979- (Contributor) ; Baires, Sarah E (Contributor) ; Baltus, Melissa R (Contributor) ; Bates, James F (Contributor) ; Bow, Sierra M (Contributor) ; Brown, James A (Contributor) ; Dennison, Meagan E (Contributor) ; Deter-Wolf, Aaron (Contributor) ; Dye, David H (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives Ser.
Further subjects:B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780817320423
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America -- 1. Early Ritual in the American Southeast: Evidence from the Paleoindian Period -- 2. Caches and Burials: Ritual Use of Dust Cave during the Paleoindian and Archaic Periods -- 3. Tattoo Bundles as Archaeological Correlates for Ancient Body Ritual in Eastern North America -- 4. Planting Ritual: Woodland Gardens and Imbued Landscapes -- 5. The Emergence and Importance of Falconoid Imagery during the Middle Woodland Period -- 6. Ritual Knowledge and Composition: Rethinking "Hopewellian" Assemblages in the Middle Woodland Southeast -- 7. Bears as Both Family and Food: Tracing the Changing Contexts of Bear Ceremonialism at the Feltus Mounds -- 8. Identifying Religious Activity in the Archaeological Record: The Case of the Griffin Shelter (40FR151) -- 9. Psychotropic Plants and Sacred Animals at the Washausen Mound-Town: Religious Ritual and the Early Mississippian Era -- 10. Religious Partners: Material and Human Actors in the Creation of Early Cahokia -- 11. The Allure of Cahokia as a Sacred Place in the Eleventh Century -- 12. Head Pots and Religious Sodalities in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages)
ISBN:978-0-8173-9272-7

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