Manitou
Subtitle: the sacred landscape of New England's native civilization
By: James W. Mavor, Jr. & Byron E. Dix ; drawings by Byron E. Dix.
Contributors: Dix, Byron E.
Publisher: Inner Traditions International
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New England -- Religion; Sacred space -- New England; Indians of North America -- New England -- Antiquities; New England -- Antiquities
Description: "In the summer of 1974 Byron Dix discovered in Vermont the first of many areas in New England believed to be ancient Native American ritual sites. Dix and coauthor James Mavor tell the fascinating story of the discovery and exploration of these many stone structures and standing stones, whose placement in the surrounding landscape suggests that they played an important role in celestial observation and shamanic ritual"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-368) and index.