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Title Gathering Hopewell : society, ritual, and ritual interaction / edited by Christopher Carr and D. Troy Case
Published New York : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 807 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology
Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
Contents Social and political organizations of Northern Hopewellian peoples -- Ritual gatherings of Northern Hopewellian peoples -- Hopewellian ritual connections across Eastern North America
Summary Among the most socially and personally vocal archaeological remains on the North American continent are the massive and often complexly designed earthen architecture of Hopewellian peoples of two thousand years ago, their elaborately embellished works of art made of glistening metals and stones from faraway places, and their highly formalized mortuaries. In this book, twenty-one researchers in interwoven efforts immerse themselves and the reader in this vibrant archaeological record in order to richly reconstruct the faces, actions, and motivations Hopewellian people in their social and ritual life. Using a personalized and locally contextualized approach, the authors explore Hopewellian leadership, systems of social ranking and prestige, animal-totemic clan organization, kinship structures, sodalities, gender, community organizations, strategies of intercommunity alliance, and interregional travels for power questing, pilgrimage, healing, tutelage, and acquiring rituals. "Seldom does a small group of scholars and their research have the opportunity to remake an entire field of inquiry. Christopher Carr, Troy Case, and their colleagues and students have done so. Gathering Hopewell provides new and strong foundations for a truly social and cultural archaeology and offers solid direction for future work on the spectacular remains of prehistoric "Hopewell" groups of Eastern North America. This work offers an unmatched conjunction of social and cultural theory, great scholarly imagination, and unprecedented empirical evidence."--Christopher Peebles, Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University "Gathering Hopewell is, by any measure, an outstanding contribution to knowledge about one of the most important, but least understood, cultural developments in eastern North America. This authoritative, comprehensive, and provocative book will no doubt prove to be a much-welcomed watershed in Hopewell-related research."--George Milner, Professor of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University "Gathering Hopewell is remarkable in its humanizing of Hopewellian archaeological records and synthesis of Hopewellian life. Its represents a major advance in archaeological mortuary theory and analysis and their potential for understanding past societies."--Robert Mainfort, Professor of Anthropology, Arkansas Archaeological Survey
Analysis sociale wetenschappen
social sciences
antropologie
anthropology
archeologie
archaeology
Social Sciences (General)
Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references pages (735-778) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hopewell culture -- Ohio
Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Ohio
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites -- Ohio
Indians -- Funeral customs and rites -- Ohio
Indians -- Material culture -- Ohio
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Indians -- Material culture
Indians -- Funeral customs and rites
Antiquities
Hopewell culture
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
Indians of North America -- Material culture
Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
SUBJECT Scioto River Valley (Ohio) -- Antiquities
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- Antiquities
Subject Ohio
Ohio -- Miami River Valley
Ohio -- Scioto River Valley
Form Electronic book
Author Carr, Christopher, 1952-
Case, D. Troy
ISBN 9780387273273
0387273271
9780306484797
9780306484780
030648479X
0306484781