Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands : The Ohio Hopewell System of Cult Sodality Heterarchies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975220603321
• Autore: Byers A. Martin <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : AltaMira Press, c2011; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2011
• ISBN: 979-82-16-41772-9; 979-82-16-26749-2; 1-282-92214-9; 9786612922145; 0-7591-2034-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (868 p.)
• Disciplina: 977.1/01
• Soggetti: Confraternities - Ohio River Valley - History - To 1500; Cults - Ohio River Valley - History - To 1500; Earthworks (Archaeology) - Ohio River Valley; Hopewell culture - Ohio River Valley; Indians of North America - Games - Ohio River Valley; Indians of North America - Material culture - Ohio River Valley; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley - Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley - Social life and customs; Social archaeology - Ohio River Valley; Antiquities; Confraternities; Cults; Earthworks (Archaeology); HISTORY - State & Local - General; Hopewell culture; Indians of North America - Games; Indians of North America - Material culture; Indians of North America - Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America - Social life and customs; Social archaeology; Academic theses.; History; Ohio River Valley Antiquities; Ohio River Valley
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-531) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: I; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; II; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17
• Sommario/riassunto: A. Martin Byers challenges the traditional views of the Ohio Hopewell embankment earthworks, providing an interpretation of them as sites of sacred games and world renewal rituals built and used by complex alliances of cult sodalities.