Sacred games, death, and renewal in the ancient Eastern Woodlands : the Ohio Hopewell system of cult sodality heterarchies /

The book presents an account of the Ohio Middle Woodland period embankment earthworks, ca 100 B.C. to A.D. 400, that is radically different from the prevailing theory. Byers critically addresses all the arguments and characterizations that make up the current treatment of the embankment earthworks a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, A. Martin, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2011.
Temas:
To 1500
Hopewell culture > Ohio River Valley.
Earthworks (Archaeology) > Ohio River Valley.
Indians of North America > Ohio River Valley > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America > Ohio River Valley > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Games > Ohio River Valley.
Indians of North America > Material culture > Ohio River Valley.
Cults > Ohio River Valley > History > To 1500.
Confraternities > Ohio River Valley > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology > Ohio River Valley.
Culture Hopewell > Ohio, Vallée de l'.
Terrassements (Archéologie) > Ohio, Vallée de l'.
Archéologie sociale > Ohio, Vallée de l'.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Antiquities
Confraternities
Cults
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Hopewell culture
Indians of North America > Games
Indians of North America > Material culture
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America > Social life and customs
Social archaeology
Ohio River Valley > Antiquities.
Ohio, Vallée de l' > Antiquités.
Ohio River Valley
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The book presents an account of the Ohio Middle Woodland period embankment earthworks, ca 100 B.C. to A.D. 400, that is radically different from the prevailing theory. Byers critically addresses all the arguments and characterizations that make up the current treatment of the embankment earthworks and then presents an alternative interpretation. This unconventional view hinges on two basic social characterizations: the complementary heterarchical community model and the cult sodality heterarchy model. Byers posits that these two models interact to characterize the Ohio Middle Woodland period.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 547 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-531) and index.
ISBN:9780759120341
075912034X
1282922149
9781282922143
9786612922145
6612922141

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