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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Theory, culture & societyPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0817386211
  • 9780817386214
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 299.7 23
LOC classification:
  • E59.R38
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Creating continuity through structure, iconography, and sacred stories -- Encoding tradition in place and object -- Balancing stability and change -- Recognizing deep-time traditions.
Summary: This book examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and ritual. Bringing together archaeologists and Native American experts, this volume focuses on long-lived religious traditions of the native peoples of the Americas and how religion codifies, justifies, and reinforces these traditions by placing a high value on continuity of beliefs and practice. This book uses clues from the archaeological record to piece together the oldest religions of the Americas. Spanning cultures as diverse as the Aztec, Plains Indians, Hopi, Mississippian, and Southwest Pueblo, this book brings to light insights on ancient religious beliefs, practices, methods, and techniques, which allow otherwise intangible facets of culture to be productively explored.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)501770

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creating continuity through structure, iconography, and sacred stories -- Encoding tradition in place and object -- Balancing stability and change -- Recognizing deep-time traditions.

Print version record.

This book examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and ritual. Bringing together archaeologists and Native American experts, this volume focuses on long-lived religious traditions of the native peoples of the Americas and how religion codifies, justifies, and reinforces these traditions by placing a high value on continuity of beliefs and practice. This book uses clues from the archaeological record to piece together the oldest religions of the Americas. Spanning cultures as diverse as the Aztec, Plains Indians, Hopi, Mississippian, and Southwest Pueblo, this book brings to light insights on ancient religious beliefs, practices, methods, and techniques, which allow otherwise intangible facets of culture to be productively explored.

English.