Mound builders and monument makers of the northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600 / Meghan C.L. Howey.

Author/creator Howey, Meghan C. L., 1978-
Format Book
Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Subjects
Mound-builders--Great Lakes Region (North America).
Mounds--Great Lakes Region (North America).
Great Lakes Region (North America)--Antiquities.

Contents Creating ritual and constructing monuments : perspectives on egalitarian societies -- Modeling late prehistory in the northern Great Lakes : current approaches and limitations -- Monuments and tribal ritual organization : northern Michigan, A.D. 1200-1600 -- Staking local claims : mounds as intratribal ceremonial monuments -- Coming together : the Missaukee earthworks and Bear's journey -- Pairs and precincts : contextualizing the regional ritual landscape of late prehistory -- Breaking out of the "savage slot" : monuments, ritual, and the archaeology of pre-Columbian Native North America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012014111
ISBN9780806142883 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN080614288X (hardcover : alk. paper)