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

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Author:
Byers, A. Martin 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 547 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ohio River Valley
Date:
2011
C2011
To 1500
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Ohio Hopewell as a system of cult sodality heterarchies -- The domestic/ceremonial dichotomy -- The tripartite alliance model : a critique -- The nature of Ohio Hopewell mortuary ceremonialism -- The symbolic meaning of material culture -- The ecclesiastic-communal cult sodality model -- The Hidatsa age-set system and the ritual usufruct conveyancing and franchising model -- The Ohio Hopewell cult sodality heterarchy system : from the bottom-up -- The Murphy Tract : the empirical grounding of the cult sodality cluster model -- pt. 2. Sacred games, death, and renewal in Ohio Hopewell -- The sacred games tournée of the Ohio Hopewell system of cult sodality heterarchies -- The North Fork-Paint Creek interface zone and the terminal conveyancing of custodial regalia -- The Ohio Hopewell as dispersed third-order cult sodality heterarchies -- The development of the Ohio Hopewell cult sodality heterarchy system -- Embankment earthwork and way station facilities -- The structuring of Ohio Hopewell sites and pathways -- Embankment earthwork site alignments and relations -- The Ohio Hopewell and Adena as neighbors and strangers
Topic:
Hopewell culture  Search this
Earthworks (Archaeology)  Search this
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Indians of North America--Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America--Games  Search this
Indians of North America--Material culture  Search this
Cults--History  Search this
Confraternities--History  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_962563