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Symbolism and Ritualistic Uses of the Bison Skull Among the Plains Indians of North America (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jacquelin E. St. Clair.

Archaeological data show acts which may at first appear to involve merely the acquisition of food are, indeed, interwoven with spiritual beliefs and emotions. Bison kill sites have been investigated to gain information regarding hunting strategies and food appropriation. However, some of the sites have yielded additional information taking us beyond the procurement of food, widening our view to include religion, rituals and ceremonialism. The Cooper site (Bement 1999) offers early evidence of...


A Thousand Years of Wetland Management at Hacienda Zuleta in the Ecuadorian Andes (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Will Pratt. David Brown. Steve Athens. Ryan Hechler.

This is an abstract from the "2023 Fryxell Award Symposium: Papers in Honor of Timothy Beach Part II" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nestled within a deeply incised valley in the eastern cordillera of the Andes, the archaeological site of Zuleta is an immensely humanized hydrologic landscape. A complex network of perennially and seasonally wet streams and canals crisscross the pastures along the valley floor carrying water from the paramo to the...