Reclaiming the Hopewellian Ceremonial Sphere: 200 B.C. to A.D. 500

by A. Martin Byers

Multiple Hopewellian monumental earthwork sites displaying timber features, mortuary deposits, and unique artifacts are found widely distributed across the North American Eastern Woodlands, from the lower Mississippi Valley north to the Great Lakes. These sites, dating from 200 b.c. to a.d. 500, almost define the Middle Woodland period of the Eastern Woodlands. Joseph Caldwell treated these sites as defining what he termed the "Hopewell Interaction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806186887
• ISBN13: 9780806186887
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.0" x 10.1"