Gathering Hopewell Society, Ritual and Ritual Interaction

This authoritative, comprehensive, and provocative book will no doubt prove to be a much-welcomed watershed in Hopewell-related research." – George Milner, Professorof Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University "Gathering Hopewell is remarkable in its humanizing of Hopewellian archaeologi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carr, Christopher (Editor), Case, D. Troy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • The Gathering of Hopewell
  • Historical Insight into the Directions and Limitations of Recent Research on Hopewell
  • Social and Political Organizations of Northern Hopewellian Peoples
  • Salient Issues in the Social and Political Organizations of Northern Hopewellian Peoples
  • Community Organizations in the Scioto, Mann, and Havana Hopewellian Regions
  • The Nature of Leadership in Ohio Hopewellian Societies
  • The Question of Ranking in Havana Hopewellian Societies
  • The Tripartite Ceremonial Alliance among Scioto Hopewellian Communities and the Question of Social Ranking
  • Animal-Totemic Clans of Ohio Hopewellian Peoples
  • Gender, Status, and Ethnicity in the Scioto, Miami, and Northeastern Ohio Hopewellian Regions, as Evidenced by Mortuary Practices
  • Gender and Social Differentiation within the Turner Population, Ohio, as Evidenced by Activity-Induced Musculoskeletal Stress Markers
  • Gender, Role, Prestige, and Ritual Interaction across the Ohio, Mann, and Havana Hopewellian Regions, as Evidenced by Ceramic Figurines
  • Ritual Gatherings of Northern Hopewellian Peoples
  • Scioto Hopewell Ritual Gatherings
  • Estimating the Sizes and Social Compositions of Mortuary-Related Gatherings at Scioto Hopewell Earthwork-Mound Sites
  • Smoking Pipe Compositions and Styles as Evidence of the Social Affiliations of Mortuary Ritual Participants at the Tremper Site, Ohio
  • Ceramic Vessel Compositions and Styles as Evidence of the Local and Nonlocal Social Affiliations of Ritual Participants at the Mann Site, Indiana
  • Hopewellian Ritual Connections across Eastern North America
  • Rethinking Interregional Hopewellian “Interaction”
  • Hopewellian Copper Celts from Eastern North America
  • Hopewellian Panpipes from Eastern North America
  • Hopewellian Copper Earspoolsfrom Eastern North America
  • Hopewellian Silver and Silver Artifacts from Eastern North America