The real mound builders of North America : a critical realist prehistory of the Eastern Woodlands, 200 BC-1450 AD /
"The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and mounds. Byers argues that these communities persisted unchanged in terms of their essential social structures and cultural tra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2018
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and mounds. Byers argues that these communities persisted unchanged in terms of their essential social structures and cultural traditions, varying only in terms of ceremonial practices that manifested these deep structures. This continuist historical trajectory view stands in contrast to the current dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt social and cultural discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and earthworks, mounds and embankments."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 460 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498570633 1498570631 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCOhost, viewed August 15, 2023). |
