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Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America

Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America - American Landscapes

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked. The authors in this book focus on rituals exploring the natural and made landscape stages, the ritual directors, including their progression from shaman to priesthood, and meaning of the rites. They also provide comments on the end or failure of rites and cults from Paleoindian into post-DeSoto years.   Chapters examine the archaeological records of Cahokia, the lower Ohio Valley, Aztalan Wisconsin, Vermont, Florida, and Georgia, and others scan the Eastern US, investigating tobacco/datura, colour symbolism, deer symbolism, mound stratigraphy, flintknapping, stone caching, cults and their organisation, and red ochre. These authors collectively query the beliefs that can be gleaned from mortuary practices and their variation, from mound construction, from imagery, from the choice of landscape setting. While some rituals were short-lived, others can be shown to span millennia as the ritual specialists modified their interpretations and introduced innovations.

About the Publisher

Oxbow Books

Founded in 1983 Oxbow Books is a major specialist publisher and book distributor in the UK, European and Commonwealth markets. As a publisher, Oxbow Books produces high-quality publications in the fields of archaeology, the ancient world and the Middle Ages. The publishing list at Oxbow Books also includes the Windgather Press imprint - a collection of accessible and attractive books on landscape history, landscape archaeology, and the history of Britain's countryside. Many publishers from the USA, UK, Europe and beyond also trust Oxbow Books as a valued distribution partner. As well as specialising in archaeology, the ancient world and the Middle Ages, Oxbow's distribution operation offers books in many subject areas from literature and culture to modern humanities and art.

Book information

ISBN: 9781789259292
Publisher: Casemate UK Academic
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 203.80974
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 716g
Height: 186mm
Width: 246mm
Spine width: 18mm