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The Newark Earthworks: Enduring Monuments, Contested Meanings (Studies in Religion and Culture)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Jones, Lindsay; Shiels, Richard D. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 colour & 35 back & white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HDL; HRAB; HRAX; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Considered a wonder of the ancient world, the Newark Earthworks?the gigantic geometrical mounds of earth built nearly two thousand years ago in the Ohio valley--have been a focal point for archaeologists and surveyors, researchers and scholars for almost two centuries. In their prime one of the premier pilgrimage destinations in North America, these monuments are believed to have been ceremonial centers used by ancestors of Native Americans, called the ""Hopewell culture,"" as social gathering places, religious shrines, pilgrimage sites, and astronomical observatories. Yet much of this territory has been destroyed by the city of Newark, and the site currently ""hosts"" ... Read more
Considered a wonder of the ancient world, the Newark Earthworks?the gigantic geometrical mounds of earth built nearly two thousand years ago in the Ohio valley--have been a focal point for archaeologists and surveyors, researchers and scholars for almost two centuries. In their prime one of the premier pilgrimage destinations in North America, these monuments are believed to have been ceremonial centers used by ancestors of Native Americans, called the ""Hopewell culture,"" as social gathering places, religious shrines, pilgrimage sites, and astronomical observatories. Yet much of this territory has been destroyed by the city of Newark, and the site currently ""hosts"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813937786
SKU
V9780813937786
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Lindsay Jones is Professor of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University, USA. Richard D. Shiels is Emeritus Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University.
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