Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks

1. Verfasser: Lynott, Mark J.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2015.
Umfang/Format: x, 287 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: American Landscapes (Series) ; v. 1
Schlagworte:
Indigene Völker (Amerika)
Erdbau > de
Hügelgräber > de
Hopewell-Kultur
Nordamerika > deu
Ohio (State)
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
iDAI.gazetteer: Nordamerika
Ohio (State)
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.

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