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



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Autore: Byers A. Martin <1937-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands : The Ohio Hopewell System of Cult Sodality Heterarchies Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, : AltaMira Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (868 p.)
Disciplina: 973.0497
977.1/01
Soggetto topico: 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
Ohio River Valley - Antiquities
Ohio River Valley -- Antiquities
Social archaeology - Ohio River Valley
Social archaeology -- Ohio River Valley
Hopewell culture - Rites and ceremonies - To 1500 - Ohio River Valley
Earthworks (Archaeology) - Social life and customs - To 1500 - Ohio River Valley
Indians of North America - Games - Ohio River Valley
Indians of North America - Material culture - Ohio River Valley
Indians of North America - History - Ohio River Valley
Cults - Ohio River Valley
Confraternities - Ohio River Valley
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Social Sciences
Ethnic & Race Studies
Soggetto geografico: Ohio River Valley Antiquities
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-92214-9
9786612922145
0-7591-2034-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824928203321
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