| Native American societies, often
viewed as unchanging, in fact experienced a rich process of cultural
innovation
in the millennia prior to recorded history. Societies of the Hocking
River
Valley in southeastern Ohio, part of the Ohio River Valley, created a
tribal
organization beginning about 2000 bc.
Edited by Elliot M. Abrams and AnnCorinne
Freter, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders: The
Archaeology of Tribal
Societies in Southeastern Ohio presents the process of tribal formation
and change in the region based on analyses of all available
archaeological
data from the Hocking River Valley. Drawing on the work of scholars in
archaeology, anthropology, geography, geology, and botany, the
collection
addresses tribal society formation through such topics as the first
pottery
made in the valley, aggregate feasting by nomadic groups, the social
context
for burying their dead in earthen mounds, the formation of religious
ceremonial
centers, and the earliest adoption of corn.
Providing the most current research
on indigenous societies in the Hocking Valley, The Emergence
of the
Moundbuilders is distinguished by its broad, comparative
overview of
tribal life.
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The
Emergence Of The Moundbuilders
The Archaeology Of
Tribal Societies In Southeastern Ohio
edited by Elliot M.
Abrams and AnnCorinne Freter
Ohio University Press,
2005
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