Sacred games, death, and renewal in the ancient Eastern Woodlands the Ohio Hopewell system of cult sodality heterarchies.

The book presents an account of the Ohio Middle Woodland period embankment earthworks, ca 100 B.C. to A.D. 400, that is radically different from the prevailing theory. Byers critically addresses all the arguments and characterizations that make up the current treatment of the embankment earthworks a...

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Main Author: Byers, A. Martin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2011
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
AltaMira Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Antiquities
Confraternities
Cults
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Games
History
Hopewell culture
Indians of North America
Material culture
Ohio River Valley
Rites and ceremonies
Social archaeology
Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE
To 1500
ISBN:9780759120327, 0759120323, 075912034X, 9780759120341
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Table of Contents:
  • Sacred games, death, and renewal in the ancient Eastern Woodlands : the Ohio Hopewell system of cult sodality heterarchies -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Part I: The Ohio Hopewell as a System of Cult Sodality Heterarchies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Domestic/Ceremonial Dichotomy -- 3. The Tripartite Ceremonial Alliance Model -- 4. The Nature of Ohio Hopewell Mortuary Ceremonialism -- 5. The Symbolic Meaning of Material Culture -- 6. The Ecclesiastic-Communal Cult Sodality Model -- 7. The Hidatsa Age-Set System and the Ritual Usufruct Conveyancing and Franchising Model -- 8. The Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System: From the Bottom Up -- 9. The Murphy Tract The Empirical Grounding of the Cult Sodality Cluster Model -- Part II: Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in Ohio Hopewell -- 10. The Sacred Games Tournée of the Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System -- 11. The North Fork–Paint Creek Interface Zone and the Terminal Conveyancing of Custodial Regalia -- 12. The Ohio Hopewell as Dispersed Third-Order Cult Sodality Heterarchies -- 13. The Development of the Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System -- 14. Embankment Earthwork and Way Station Facilities -- 15. The Structuring of Ohio Hopewell Sites and Pathways -- 16. Embankment Earthwork Site Alignments and Relations -- 17. The Ohio Hopewell and Adena as Neighbors and Strangers -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author
  • Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Part I: THE OHIO HOPEWELL AS A SYSTEM OF CULT SODALITY HETERARCHIES -- Chapter 01. Introduction -- Chapter 02. The Domestic/Ceremonial Dichotomy -- Chapter 03. The Tripartite Ceremonial Alliance Model -- Chapter 04. The Nature of Ohio Hopewell Mortuary Ceremonialism -- Chapter 05. The Symbolic Meaning of Material Culture -- Chapter 06. The Ecclesiastic-Communal Cult Sodality Model -- Chapter 07. The Hidatsa Age-Set System and the Ritual Usufruct Conveyancing and Franchising Model -- Chapter 08. The Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System: From the Bottom Up -- Chapter 09. The Murphy Tract: The Empirical Grounding of the Cult Sodality Cluster Model -- Part II: SACRED GAMES, DEATH, AND RENEWAL IN OHIO HOPEWELL -- Chapter 10. The Sacred Games Tournée of the Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System -- Chapter 11. The North Fork-Paint Creek Interface Zone and the Terminal Conveyancing of Custodial Regalia -- Chapter 12. The Ohio Hopewell as Dispersed Third-Order Cult Sodality Heterarchies -- Chapter 13. The Development of the Ohio Hopewell Cult Sodality Heterarchy System -- Chapter 14. Embankment Earthwork and Way Station Facilities -- Chapter 15. The Structuring of Ohio Hopewell Sites and Pathways -- Chapter 16. Embankment Earthwork Site Alignments and Relations -- Chapter 17. The Ohio Hopewell and Adena as Neighbors and Strangers -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author