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Hopewell Settlement Patterns, Subsistence, and Symbolic Landscapes /

This collection of essays addresses important questions, like these and others, by examining the cultural and social nature of the well-known Ohio Hopewell monumental earthworks. Scholars discuss the purpose, meaning, and role of earthworks and other artifacts, theorizing on how they may have reflec...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Other Authors: Wymer, DeeAnne, Byers, A. Martin, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This collection of essays addresses important questions, like these and others, by examining the cultural and social nature of the well-known Ohio Hopewell monumental earthworks. Scholars discuss the purpose, meaning, and role of earthworks and other artifacts, theorizing on how they may have reflected political, social, and practical ecological organization.
Item Description:Outgrowth of a symposium at the Society for American Archaeology's 2004 annual meeting. Cf. acknowledgments.
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813045597