Being Scioto Hopewell: Ritual Drama and Personhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective

This book, in two volumes, breathes fresh air empirically, methodologically, and theoretically into understanding the rich ceremonial lives, the philosophical-religious knowledge, and the impressive material feats and labor organization that distinguish Hopewell Indians of central Ohio and neighboring regions during the first centuries CE.  The first volume defines cross-culturally, for the first ...