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

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"The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the 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 structures and traditions, varying only in cerem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byers, A. Martin, 1937- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Mound-builders > East (U.S.)
Mound-builders > Canada, Eastern.
Woodland Cree > History.
Woodland Cree > Rites and ceremonies.
Excavations (Archaeology) > East (U.S.)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Canada, Eastern.
Peuples autochtones des forêts de l'Est > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones des forêts de l'Est > Rites et cérémonies.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mound-builders.
Woodland Indians.
East United States.
Eastern Canada.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Critical realist prehistory of the Eastern Woodlands, 200 BC-1450 AD
Format: Book

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