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**A comprehensive and essential field reference, __Beliefs and Rituals in Archaic Eastern North America__ reveals the spiritual landscape in the American Archaic period.**__Beliefs and Rituals in Archaic Eastern North America__ describes, illustrates, and offers nondogmatic interpretations of rituals and beliefs in Archaic America. In compiling a wealth of detailed entries, author Cheryl Claassen has created both an exhaustive reference as well as an opening into new archaeological taxonomies, connections, and understandings of Native American culture. The material is presented in an introductory essay about Archaic rituals followed by two sections of entries that incorporate reports and articles discussing archaeological sites; studies of relevant practices of ritual and belief; data related to geologic features, artifact attributes, and burial settings; ethnographies; and pilgrimages to specific sites. Claassen’s work focuses on the American Archaic period (marked by the end of the Ice Age approximately 11,000 years ago) and a geographic area bounded by the edge of the Great Plains, Newfoundland, and southern Florida. This period and region share specific beliefs and practices

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Author

Claassen, Cheryl

Publisher

The University of Alabama Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817387952

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Reference, Religion, Science