A. Martin Byers, Deeanne Wymer

Broschiertes Buch

Hopewell Settlement Patterns, Subsistence, and Symbolic Landscapes

Beschreibung

Examines the cultural and social nature of the well-known Ohio Hopewell monumental earthworks. Scholars discuss the purpose, meaning, and role of earthworks and other artifacts, theorizing on how they may have reflected political, social, and practical ecological organisation.

Autor

A. Martin Byers taught anthropology and archaeology for thirty years at Vanier College, Montreal, and is now a research associate at McGill University. He is the author of The Ohio Hopewell Episode: Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Gained and Cahokia: A World Renewal Cult Heterarchy. DeeAnne Wymer is professor of anthropology at Bloomsburg University and her work on paleoethnobotany has been widely published over the past twenty years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780813080598
• ISBN-10: 0813080592
• Artikelnr.: 69961909