Landscapes of ritual performance in Eastern North America

"In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked. The authors in this book focus on rituals exploring the natural and made landscape stages, the ritual directors, including their pro...

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其他作者: Claassen, Cheryl 1953- (Editor)
格式: Print 图书
语言:English
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出版: Philadelphia American Landscapes [2023]
In:Year: 2023
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nordamerika (Ost) / 宗教仪式 / 仪式 / 宗教地理
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBQ North America
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Religion and geography History To 1500
B Aufsatzsammlung
B East (U.S.) Antiquities
B Rites and ceremonies History To 1500 (East (U.S.))
B Religious leaders History (East (U.S.))
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总结:"In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked. The authors in this book focus on rituals exploring the natural and made landscape stages, the ritual directors, including their progression from shaman to priesthood, and meaning of the rites. They also provide comments on the end or failure of rites and cults from Paleoindian into post-DeSoto years. Chapters examine the archaeological records of Cahokia, the lower Ohio Valley, Aztalan Wisconsin, Vermont, Florida, and Georgia, and others scan the Eastern US, investigating tobacco/datura, color symbolism, deer symbolism, mound stratigraphy, flintknapping, stone caching, cults and their organization, and red ochre. These authors collectively query the beliefs that can be gleaned from mortuary practices and their variation, from mound construction, from imagery, from the choice of landscape setting. While some rituals were short-lived, others can be shown to span millennia as the ritual specialists modified their interpretations and introduced innovations"--
ISBN:1789259290