The archaeology of ancient religion in the Eastern Woodlands

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue , 1997, Pages 465-485

  Brown, James A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Earthworks; Iconographic analysis; Meaning in archaeology; Shamanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347171782     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.26.1.465     Document Type: Article

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