Enduring motives : the archaeology of tradition and religion in Native America / edited by Linea Sundstrom and Warren DeBoer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sundstrom, Linea.

DeBoer, Warren R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Indians--Religion.

Indian cosmology.

Indigenous peoples--Rites and ceremonies.

Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.

Indians--Antiquities.

America--Antiquities.

America.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xi, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]

Summary:

Except Coln McEwen, at the British Museum, all the contributing anthropologists are in the US. They explore Native American culture from perspectives of creating continuity through structure, iconography, and sacred stories; encoding tradition in place and object; balancing stability and change; and recognizing deep-time traditions. Among their topics are the roots of Plains Indian views of the cosmos, Hopi clan traditions and the pedigree of ceremonial objects, theme and trajectory in Mississippian iconography, landscapes of memory and presence in the Canadian Shield, and resolving contradictions as a methodology for investigating Maya calendar history and its cosmological association. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817357153

0817357157

9780817386214

0817386211

OCLC:

769430617