Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief : Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (344 pages)
- Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives Series .
- Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America -- 1. Early Ritual in the American Southeast: Evidence from the Paleoindian Period -- 2. Caches and Burials: Ritual Use of Dust Cave during the Paleoindian and Archaic Periods -- 3. Tattoo Bundles as Archaeological Correlates for Ancient Body Ritual in Eastern North America -- 4. Planting Ritual: Woodland Gardens and Imbued Landscapes -- 5. The Emergence and Importance of Falconoid Imagery during the Middle Woodland Period -- 6. Ritual Knowledge and Composition: Rethinking "Hopewellian" Assemblages in the Middle Woodland Southeast -- 7. Bears as Both Family and Food: Tracing the Changing Contexts of Bear Ceremonialism at the Feltus Mounds -- 8. Identifying Religious Activity in the Archaeological Record: The Case of the Griffin Shelter (40FR151) -- 9. Psychotropic Plants and Sacred Animals at the Washausen Mound-Town: Religious Ritual and the Early Mississippian Era -- 10. Religious Partners: Material and Human Actors in the Creation of Early Cahokia -- 11. The Allure of Cahokia as a Sacred Place in the Eleventh Century -- 12. Head Pots and Religious Sodalities in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index.