Ancestral Mounds

preview-18
  • Ancestral Mounds Book Detail

  • Author : Jay Miller
  • Release Date : 2015-12-01
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 218
  • ISBN 13 : 0803278667
  • File Size : 41,41 MB

Ancestral Mounds by Jay Miller PDF Summary

Book Description: Ancestral Mounds deconstructs earthen mounds and myths in examining their importance in contemporary Native communities. Two centuries of academic scholarship regarding mounds have examined who, what, where, when, and how, but no serious investigations have addressed the basic question, why? Drawing on ethnographic and archaeological studies, Jay Miller explores the wide-ranging themes and variations of mounds, from those built thousands of years ago to contemporary mounds, focusing on Native southeastern and Oklahoma towns. Native peoples continue to build and refurbish mounds each summer as part of their New Year’s celebrations to honor and give thanks for ripening maize and other crops and to offer public atonement. The mound is the heart of the Native community, which is sustained by song, dance, labor, and prayer. The basic purpose of mounds across North America is the same: to serve as a locus where community effort can be engaged in creating a monument of vitality and a safe haven in the volatile world.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Ancestral Mounds books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Ancestral Mounds

Ancestral Mounds

File Size : 77,77 MB
Total View : 1144 Views
DOWNLOAD

Ancestral Mounds deconstructs earthen mounds and myths in examining their importance in contemporary Native communities. Two centuries of academic scholarship r

Ancestral Heaths

Ancestral Heaths

File Size : 76,76 MB
Total View : 500 Views
DOWNLOAD

Barrows, i.e. burial mounds, are amongst the most important of Europe’s prehistoric monuments. Across the continent, barrows still figure as prominent element

Iron Age Echoes

Iron Age Echoes

File Size : 45,45 MB
Total View : 7665 Views
DOWNLOAD

Groups of burial mounds may be among the most tangible and visible remains of Europe's prehistoric past. Yet, not much is known on how "barrow landscapes" came

Earthworks Rising

Earthworks Rising

File Size : 96,96 MB
Total View : 9688 Views
DOWNLOAD

A necessary reexamination of Indigenous mounds, demonstrating their sustained vitality and vibrant futurity by centering Native voices Typically represented as