Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley

Cheryl Claassen

5 valoraciones de Goodreads

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: University of Tennessee Press, US, 2010

1572337141 / 9781572337145

Librería: Rarewaves.com UK, London, Reino UnidoRarewaves.com UK

Vendedor de 5 estrellas

Vendedor de AbeBooks desde 11 de junio de 2025

Ver los artículos de este vendedor
Tapa dura

Condición: Nuevo

EUR 50,00

Envío por EUR 75,70 
Se envía de Reino Unido a Estados Unidos de America

Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles

Añadir al carrito
Devoluciones gratuitas de 30 días

Descripción del artículo del vendedor

In this provocative work, Cheryl Claassen challenges long-standing notions n this provocative work, Cheryl Claassen challenges long-standing notions Iabout hunter-gatherer life in the southern Ohio Valley as it unfolded some Iabout hunter-gatherer life in the southern Ohio Valley as it unfolded some I8,000 to 3,500 years ago. Focusing on freshwater shell mounds scattered 8,000 to 3,500 years ago. Focusing on freshwater shell mounds scattered along the Tennessee, Ohio, Green, and Harpeth rivers, Claassen draws on the latest archaeological research to offer penetrating new insights into the sacred world of Archaic peoples. Some of the most striking ideas are that there were no villages in the southern Ohio Valley during the Archaic period, that all of the trading and killing were for ritual purposes, and that body positioning in graves reflects cause of death primarily. Mid-twentieth-century assessments of the shell mounds saw them as the products of culturally simple societies that cared little about their dead and were concerned only with food. More recent interpretations, while attributing greater complexity to these peoples, have viewed the sites as mere villages and stressed such factors as population growth and climate change in analyzing the way these societies and their practices evolved. Claassen, however, makes a persuasive case that the sites were actually the settings for sacred rituals of burial and renewal and that their large shell accumulations are evidence of feasts associated with those ceremonies. She argues that the physical evidence-including the location of the sites, the largely undisturbed nature of the deposits, the high incidence of dog burials, the number of tools per body found at the sites, and the indications of human sacrifice and violent death-not only supports this view but reveals how ritual practices developed over time. The seemingly sudden demise of shellfish consumption, Claassen contends, was not due to overharvesting and environmental change; it ended, rather, because the sacred rituals changed. Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley is a work bound to stir controversy and debate among scholars of the Archaic period. Just as surely, it will encourage a new appreciation for the spiritual life of ancient peoples-how they thought about the cosmos and the mysterious forces that surrounded them.

N° de ref. del artículo LU-9781572337145

Título
Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley
Autor
Cheryl Claassen
Editorial
University of Tennessee Press, US
Año de publicación
2010
Estado
New
Encuadernación
Hardback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
1572337141
ISBN 13
9781572337145
Peso del artículo
545 gramos
Dimensiones
15.49 x 2.54 x 23.37 cm

Rarewaves.com UK

London, Reino Unido

Vendedor de 5 estrellas

Vendedor de AbeBooks desde 11 de junio de 2025

Tarifas de envío de Reino Unido a Estados Unidos de America

ArtículoDe 60 a 60 días hábilesDe 60 a 60 días hábiles
Primer artículoEUR 75,70EUR 116,46
Los plazos de entrega los establecen los vendedores y varían según el transportista y la ubicación. Los pedidos que pasan por la aduana pueden sufrir retrasos y los compradores son responsables de los aranceles o tarifas asociadas. Los vendedores pueden ponerse en contacto con usted en relación con cargos adicionales para cubrir cualquier aumento en los costes de envío de los artículos.

Métodos de pago

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Información empresarial del vendedor

RAREWAVES.COM LIMITED

Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street
London, Reino Unido W1W 8BE