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Mississippian smoking ritual in the Southern Appalachian Region
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- Creator
- Dennis B. Blanton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- xii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781621901891, 1621901890
- OCLC
- ocn904335169
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
- Tobacco and historical documentation of its use in the southeast -- Archaeological context of South Appalachian Mississippian smoking ritual -- Theorizing the role of religious ritual -- Temporal and geographical dimensions of smoking pipe styles -- Symbolism embedded in smoking pipe styles -- The evolution of a ritual -- Appendix A. Collections examined -- Appendix B. Referenced archaeological sites -- Appendix C. Descriptions of smoking pipe type categories and variants -- Appendix D. Summary of metric attributes -- Appendix E. Distribution map data
Subjects
- Mississippian culture.
- Tobacco pipes -- Southern States.
- Tobacco pipes -- Mississippi River Valley.
- Indians of North America -- Tobacco use -- Southern States.
- Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Antiquities.
- Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities.
- Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies.
- Smoking -- Southern States -- History.
- Southern States -- Antiquities.
- Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities.