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->
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| Titolo: |
Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands : The Ohio Hopewell System of Cult Sodality Heterarchies
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : AltaMira Press, c2011 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (868 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ohio River Valley Antiquities |
| Ohio River Valley | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Academic theses. |
| History | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-41772-9 |
| 979-82-16-26749-2 | |
| 1-282-92214-9 | |
| 9786612922145 | |
| 0-7591-2034-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910975220603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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