clay, architecture, deposit, ceremony, non-mortuary (Other Keyword)
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Examining Ritualism in Late Archaic Domestic Contexts: Clay-floored Shrines at the Burrell Orchard Site, Ohio (2018)
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Much past research on the development of Archaic ideological complexity in eastern North America has focused primarily on ritualism and ceremony related to mortuary behaviors. Less attention has been given to ritualism within what is commonly thought of as domestic contexts and without overt mortuary ceremonialism or monumental architecture. The recent discovery of puddled clay architecture (floors) and associated features at the Burrell Orchard site (33LN15) in northeast Ohio provides new...