Mississippian smoking ritual in the Southern Appalachian Region
By: Dennis B. Blanton
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781621901891
Subjects: Mississippian culture; Tobacco pipes; Indians of North America; Tobacco use; Antiquities; Rites and ceremonies; Smoking; History
Other titles: Native American ritual tobacco use in the Southern Appalachian Mississippian Region
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tobacco and historical documentation of its use in the southeast; title: Archaeological context of Southern Appalachian Mississippian smoking ritual; title: Theorizing the role of religious ritual; title: Temporal and geographical dimensions of smoking pipe styles; title: Symbolism embedded in smoking pipe styles; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Appendix A. Collections examined; title: Appendix B. Referenced archaeological sites; title: Appendix C. Descriptions of smoking pipe type categories and variants; title: Appendix D. Summary of metric attributes; title: Appendix E. Distribution map data; title: Appendix F. Correlation of pipe categories with archaeological phases.