Archaeology and ancient religion in the American midcontinent / edited by Brad H. Koldehoff and Timothy R. Pauketat.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Koldehoff, Brad, 1958- (Editor)
Pauketat, Timothy R. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
Series:Archaeology of the American South: new directions and perspectives
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Mississippi River Valley > Religion.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Middle West > Religion.
Social archaeology > Mississippi River Valley.
Social archaeology > Middle West.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Social archaeology.
Middle West.
Mississippi River Valley.
Physical Description:xiv, 350 pages : black and white illustrations, maps, photographs, charts ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Archaeology & ancient religion in the American midcontinent
Format: Book
Contents:
  • From tubes to platforms: transformations in early smoking pipes and ancient rituals / Brad H. Koldehoff and Kenneth B. Farnsworth
  • From caches to gatherings: the relationality of intentionally deposited objects in Mississippian buildings / Melissa Baltus
  • Magic plants and Mississippian ritual / Kathryn E. Parker and Mary L. Simon
  • The people of mound 72: ritual and death, integration and community building at early Cahokia / Kristin M. Hedman and Eve A. Hargrave
  • Putting religion ahead of politics: Cahokian origins as viewed through Emerald's shrines / Susan M. Alt
  • A landscape of mounds: community ethnogenesis at Aztalan / John D. Richards and Thomas J. Zych
  • The power of place: ancient ritual landscapes in Southwestern Illinois / Mark J. Wagner, Jonathan Remo, Kayeleigh Sharp, and Go Matsumoto
  • Ancient skywatchers of the Eastern Woodlands / William F. Romain.