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Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks
- Title
- Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks / by Mark J. Lynott.
- Author
- Lynott, Mark J.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2015.
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- x, 287 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- American landscapes ; volume 1
- Uniform Title
- American landscapes ; v. 1.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287).
- Contents
- Ch. 1. More than mounds and ditches, an introduction to Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes -- Ohio and the Beginning of North American Archaeology -- Mortuary mounds and artifacts -- Expanding research interests in earthworks and ceremonial centers -- Ohio Hopewell Constructed landscapes and the digital revolution -- Ohio Hopewell - an iconic name and iconic sites, but what is it? -- ch. 2. Current issues in the construction of Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes -- Hopewell variation and distribution -- Time and Hopewell archaeology -- Energy analysis: How many people did it take to build Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes -- Sedentary farmers or mobile foragers? -- Mensuration, geometry, and the sky -- Alignments and reading the heavens -- The Great Hopewell Road -- Were ceremonial landscapes planned designs? Models and hypotheses -- ch. 3. The Hopeton Earthworks Project -- Geophysical survey and trench excavations -- Embankment wall features -- Geoarchaeology -- Radiocarbon results -- Non-embankment wall features -- Near The Earthworks: Triangle, Red Wing, Overly, and Cryder sites -- What have we learned about the Hopeton Earthworks? -- ch. 4. Studies of Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes -- South-eastern Ohio -- Newark Earthworks -- Marietta -- Scioto River valley -- Seip -- High Bank Earthwork -- Anderson Earthwork -- Mound City -- Hopewell Mound Group -- Shriver Circle -- Spruce Hill -- South-west Ohio - Brush Creek, The Great Miami and Little Miami River drainages -- Fort Hill, Highland County -- Fort Ancient -- Foster's Crossing -- Pollock Works -- Miami Fort -- Turner Group of Earthworks -- Stubbs Earthwork --
- ch. 4. Studies of Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes -- South-eastern Ohio -- Newark Earthworks -- Marietta -- Scioto River valley -- Seip -- High Bank Earthwork -- Anderson Earthwork -- Mound City -- Hopewell Mound Group -- Shriver Circle -- Spruce Hill -- South-west Ohio - Brush Creek, The Great Miami and Little Miami River drainages -- Fort Hill, Highland County -- Fort Ancient -- Foster's Crossing -- Pollock Works -- Miami Fort -- Turner Group of Earthworks -- Stubbs Earthwork -- ch. 5. What do we know about Hopewell ceremonial landscapes? -- Constructed Landscapes, site preparation and planning -- Material selection and the placement of material: art or engineering? -- Landscape features - unique and diverse -- Time and landscape construction -- How were ceremonial landscapes used? -- Ritual refuse pits at the Riverside site, Hopewell Mound Group -- The Moorehead Circle, Fort Ancient -- Craft Houses and other wooden structures -- A great post-circle and many buildings -- Beyond the enclosure at Mound City -- Some additional thoughts -- ch. 6. Some final thoughts: what we still need to learn -- Landscapes and time -- Southern Ohio before monument construction -- The meaning behind landscape forms -- Settlement sites and ceremonial landscapes -- When and why did the Hopewell era end? -- Beyond southern Ohio -- Future studies and final thoughts.
- Call Number
- JFF 15-432
- ISBN
- 9781782977544
- 1782977546
- OCLC
- 904321591
- Author
- Lynott, Mark J., author.
- Title
- Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks / by Mark J. Lynott.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American landscapes ; volume 1American landscapes ; v. 1.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287).
- Research Call Number
- JFF 15-432