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- Title
Ohio Hopewell Depictions of Composite Creatures.
- Authors
Carr, Christopher; McCord, Robert
- Abstract
The article discusses Hopewell culture art found in Ohio that depicts composite animals. The authors focus on the animals' association with the underwater-underground areas of Woodland and Plains Indian cosmology, arguing against the traditional ethnohistorical understanding of such animals as harmful. The animals discussed feature elements of rattlesnakes, salamanders, fish, and alligators. The authors connect the composite creatures to Hopewell ceremonialism and rites while arguing that the animals do not necessarily relate to the concept of Hopewell world renewal.
- Subjects
OHIO; HOPEWELL culture; ETHNOHISTORY; MYTHICAL animals in art; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; NATIVE American rites &; ceremonies; NATIVE American cosmology
- Publication
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), 2013, Vol 38, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0146-1109
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/mca.2013.001