Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles

Herausgeber: Dye, David H.

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Produktbeschreibung

In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, the contributors examine Mississippian artistic traditions and society through an archaeological analysis of religious objects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9781793650597
• ISBN-10: 1793650594
• Artikelnr.: 62026888

Autorenporträt

Edited by David H. Dye - Contributions by Carol Diaz-Granados; James R. Duncan; David H. Dye; Adam King; F. Kent Reilly III; George Sabo III; Johann A. Sawyer; John F. Scarry; Robert V. Sharp; Kevin E. Smith and Lynne P. Sullivan

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: An Archaeology of Mississippian Ritual Practices
Part I Sacred Bundles
Chapter 1: Dressing and Caring for the Spirits: The Role of Sacred Bundles
in Siouan Society
Chapter 2: Ritual Languages of the Southeast: Sacred Bundles in the Memory
Theaters of Mississippian Period Ritualism
Chapter 3: Nested Bundles Within Etowah's Mound C
Chapter 4: "Cradleboard Figurines" Or Icons of Sacred Bundles?
Chapter 5: Regalia and Sacred Bundles from Mound 1 at the Castalian Spring
Mounds, Tennessee
Part II Other-Than-Human Persons and Ritual Caches
Chapter 6: The Link Farm Cache: Invoking the Ancestors and Supplicating the
Hero Twins
Chapter 7: Earth Mother in the Middle Cumberland, Beneath World Powers, and
a Portal to the Otherworld
Chapter 8: Medicine for the Dead: Shell Gorgets as Accompaniments for Rites
of Passage
Part III Elite Regalia
Chapter 9: Hair, Hats, and Headdresses as Symbolic Regalia in Missouri Rock
Art
Chapter 10: Caddo Regalia in Context: Historic and Ethnographic Examples
Chapter 11: Mississippian Regalia at Lake Jackson: Elaborate Finery,
Insignia of Office, Ritual Paraphernalia, and Material Symbols of Elite
Status