Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : : more than mounds and geometric earthworks / / by Mark J. Lynott.
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| Superior document: | American landscapes ; volume 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford ;, Havertown, PA : : Oxbow Books,, 2015. 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Landscapes (Series) ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. More than mounds and ditches, an introduction to Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. Ohio and the Beginning of North American archaeology
- Mortuary mounds and artifacts
- Expanding research interests in earthworks and ceremonial centers
- Ohio Hopewell constructed landscapes and the digital revolution
- Ohio Hopewell : an iconic name and iconic sites, but what is it?
- Chapter 2. Current issues in the construction of Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. Hopewell variation and distribution
- Time and Hopewell archaeology
- Energy analysis : how many people did it take to build Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes
- Sedentary farmers or mobile foragers?
- Mensuration, geometry, and the sky
- Alignments and reading the heavens
- The great Hopewell road
- Were ceremonial landscapes planned designs? : models and hypotheses
- Chapter 3. The Hopeton Earthworks Project. Geophysical survey and trench excavations
- Embankment wall features : geoarchaeology; radiocarbon results
- Non-embankment wall features
- Near the Earthworks : Triangle, Red Wing, Overly, and Cryder sites
- What have we learned about the Hopeton Earthworks?
- Chapter 4. Studies of Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. South-eastern Ohio : Newark Earthworks; Marietta
- Scioto River valley : Seip; High Bank Earthwork; Anderson Earthwork; Mound City; Hopewell Mound Group; Shriver Circle; Spruce Hill
- South-west Ohio : Brush Creek, the Great Miami and Little Miami River drainages : Fort Hill, Highland County; Fort Ancient; Foster's Crossing; Pollock Works; Miami Fort; Turner Group of Earthworks; Stubbs Earthwork
- Chapter 5. What do we know about Hopewell ceremonial landscapes? Constructed landscapes, site preparation and planning
- Material selection and the placement of material : art or engineering?
- Landscape features : unique and diverse
- Time and landscape construction
- How were ceremonial landscapes used? : Ritual refuse pits at the Riverside site, Hopewell Mound Group; The Moorehead Circle, Fort Ancient; Craft Houses and other wooden structures; A great post-circle and many buildings; Beyond the enclosure at Mound City
- Some additional thoughts
- Chapter 6. Some final thoughts : what we still need to learn. Landscapes and time
- Southern Ohio before monument construction
- The meaning behind landscape forms
- Settlement sites and ceremonial landscapes
- When and why did the Hopewell era end?
- Beyond southern Ohio
- Future studies and final thoughts
- Appendix 1. A model of the construction of Hopeton Earthworks / by Timothy Schilling
- Appendix 2. Ohio Hopewell ceremonial sites open to the public.