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Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms
Between AD 900-1600, the native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States conceived and executed one of the greatest artistic traditions of the Precolumbian Americas. Created in the media of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood, and incised or carved with a complex set of symbols and motifs, this seven-hundred-year-old artistic tradition functioned within a multiethnic landscape centered on communities dominated by earthen mounds and plazas. Previous researchers have referred to this material as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC). This groundbreaking volume brings together ten essays by leading anthropologists, archaeologist...
Archaeological Parks
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The Living Museum
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Spirited Encounters
During the twentieth century, American Indians across North America organized protests against traditional museum treatment of Native materials and the Native community. In response, museums began to change their methods. Spirited Encounters provides a foundation for understan...
Meaning, Identity, and Interaction
Drawing on cutting-edge research, this book shows how tools from formal semantics can be used to formalize theories from sociolinguistics.
The Sangamo Frontier
When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois’ Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In The Sangamo Frontier, archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln’s shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts through the prairies of central Illinois, the Sangamo Country—an area that now encompasses the capital city of Springfield ...
Offene Zeit
Es gibt den Ablauf einer Zeit. Wir haben ihn erlebt. Weltgeschichtlich gesehen war die Wendezeit vielleicht keine Zeitenwende. Für uns war sie es. Wir haben einen Hauch Geschichte erlebt, den Eifer und die Angst. Noch immer teilt sich unser Leben in vor der Wende und nach der Wende. Noch immer sind nicht alle Geschichten erzählt. Wir schreibenden Dresdnerinnen schauen zurück auf unsere ganz eigenen Erfahrungen und Wahrnehmungen in der offenen Zeit, den spannenden Jahren der Wende und der frühen Neunziger, als so vieles ungewiss war und so vieles möglich schien.
Skulls and Skeletons
Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Provided a body has not been cremated, the skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of flesh and debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely without the maintenance that wet specimens require. Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about--catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, private collections, and institutions. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains and legislation covering the topic are also addressed.
Dancing at Halftime
A topical discussion of the controversial use of American Indian mascots by college-level and professional sports teams.
