Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles
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indigenous archaeology
indigenous art
indigenous culture
indigenous iconography
indigenous ontology
indigenous religion
material culture
North American archaeology
ritual art
rock art
sacred art
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- ISBN 9781793650597
- Weight: 789g
- Dimensions: 160 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jul 2021
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, archaeologists analyze evidence of the religious beliefs and ritual practices of Mississippian people through the lens of indigenous ontologies and material culture. Employing archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric evidence, the contributors explore the recent emphasis on iconography as an important component for interpreting eastern North America’s ancient past. The research in this volume emphasizes the animistic nature of animals and objects, erasing the false divide between people and other-than-human beings. Drawing on an array of empirical approaches, the contributors demonstrate the importance of understanding beliefs and ritual and the significance of investigating how people in the past practiced religion and ritual by crafting, circulating, using, and ultimately decommissioning material items and spaces, including ceramic effigies, rock art, sacred bundles, shell gorgets, stone figurines, and symbolic weaponry.
David H. Dye is professor of archaeology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Memphis.
