The real mound builders of North America : a critical realist prehistory of the Eastern Woodlands, 200 BC-1450 AD /

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"The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and mounds. Byers argues that these communities persisted unchanged in terms of their essential social structures and cultural tra...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byers, A. Martin, 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Mound-builders > East (U.S.)
Mound-builders > Canada, Eastern.
Woodland Indians > History.
Woodland Indians > Antiquities.
Indiens des forêts du Nord-Est > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Mound-builders
Woodland Indians
Woodland Indians > Antiquities
Eastern Canada
East United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and mounds. Byers argues that these communities persisted unchanged in terms of their essential social structures and cultural traditions, varying only in terms of ceremonial practices that manifested these deep structures. This continuist historical trajectory view stands in contrast to the current dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt social and cultural discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and earthworks, mounds and embankments."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 460 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781498570633
1498570631

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