Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600
Title | Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600 PDF eBook |
Author | Meghan C L Howey |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2012-11-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806188057 |
Rising above the northern Michigan landscape, prehistoric burial mounds and impressive circular earthen enclosures bear witness to the deep history of the region’s ancient indigenous peoples. These mounds and earthworks have long been treated as isolated finds and have never been connected to the social dynamics of the time in which they were constructed, a period called Late Prehistory. In Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600, Meghan C. L. Howey uses archaeology to make this connection. She shows how indigenous communities of the northern Great Lakes used earthen structures as gathering places for ritual and social interaction, which maintained connected egalitarian societies in the process. Examining “every available ceramic sherd from every northern earthwork,” Howey combines regional archaeological investigations with ethnohistory, analysis of spatial relationships, and collaboration with tribal communities to explore changes in the area’s social setting from 1200 to 1600. During this time, cultural shifts, such as the adoption of maize horticulture, led to the creation of the earthen constructions. Burial mounds were erected, marking claims to resources and defining areas for local ritual gatherings, while massive circular enclosures were constructed as intersocietal ceremonial centers. Together, Howey shows, these structures made up part of an interconnected, purposefully designed cultural landscape. When societies incorporated the earthworks into their egalitarian social and ritual behaviors, the structures became something more: ceremonial monuments. The first systematic examination of earthen constructions in what is today Michigan, Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600 reveals complicated indigenous histories that played out in the area before European contact. Howey’s richly illustrated investigation increases our understanding of the diverse cultures and dynamic histories of the pre-Columbian ancestors of today’s Great Lake tribes.
The Juntunen Site and the Late Woodland Prehistory of the Upper Great Lakes Area
Title | The Juntunen Site and the Late Woodland Prehistory of the Upper Great Lakes Area PDF eBook |
Author | Alan McPherron |
Publisher | U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1967-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0915703688 |
The Juntunen site was primarily a lakeside fishing village where sturgeon and whitefish were taken during their spawning season. The site, which is about 600 feet from the shore of Lake Huron, on the west end of Bois Blanc Island, was inhabited at intervals between about AD 800 and AD 1400 and is considered a Late Woodland site. In this volume, author Alan McPherron describes and analyzes the archaeological remains found at the site, including pottery, lithics, copper, bone, burials, and habitation features.
The Totem Pole
Title | The Totem Pole PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
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The Skegemog Point Site
Title | The Skegemog Point Site PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Jay Hambacher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Grand Traverse County (Mich.) |
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The Steuben Village and Mounds
Title | The Steuben Village and Mounds PDF eBook |
Author | Alexis A. Praus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1004 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Botany |
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Anthropological Papers
Title | Anthropological Papers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Anthropology |
ISBN |
Radiocarbon
Title | Radiocarbon PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Radiocarbon dating |
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