Title Ancestral mounds : vitality and volatility of Native America / Jay Miller ; foreword by Alfred Berryhill

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 187 pages) Contents Archaeological Time Frame -- Kinship Codes -- Graphic Codes -- Mounding Up -- Breaking Ground -- SEeing Mounds -- Modern Mounding -- Mounds in Full Summary "Ancestral Mounds deconstructs earthen mounds and myths in examining their importance in contemporary Native communities. Two centuries of academic scholarship regarding mounds have examined who, what, where, when, and how, but no serious investigations have addressed the basic question, why? Drawing on ethnographic and archaeological studies, Jay Miller explores the wide-ranging themes and variations of mounds, from those built thousands of years ago to contemporary mounds, focusing on Native southeastern and Oklahoma towns. Native peoples continue to build and refurbish mounds each summer as part of their New Year's celebrations to honor and give thanks for ripening maize and other crops and to offer public atonement. The mound is the heart of the Native community, which is sustained by song, dance, labor, and prayer. The basic purpose of mounds across North America is the same: to serve as a locus where community effort can be engaged in creating a monument of vitality and a safe haven in the volatile world"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Mounds -- Oklahoma. Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Antiquities. Ethnology -- Oklahoma Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites -- Oklahoma Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Religion Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Social life and customs Community life -- Oklahoma Monuments -- Social aspects -- Oklahoma SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Antiquities Community life Ethnology Indians of North America -- Antiquities Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites Indians of North America -- Religion Indians of North America -- Social life and customs Manners and customs Mounds SUBJECT Oklahoma -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094470 Oklahoma -- Social life and customs Subject Oklahoma Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803278998 0803278993

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