The Archaeology of Souls: A Foundation through Systematic Survey of Historic Woodland and Plains Native American Soul Concepts
Author(s): Brianna Rafidi; Christopher Carr; Mary Kupsch
Year: 2016
Summary
The potential for accurately reconstructing prehistoric Woodland and Plains Indian societies’ notions of human soul-like essences using symbolically rich mortuary remains and art can be improved when analogous, comparative ethnohistorical information is collected systematically and with sensitivity to tribal and regional variations. Literature on 49 historic Woodland-Plains tribes produced 643 cases informing on nine selected subjects: number and locations of souls in an individual, number of souls that leave the body in life and death, where and when they exit, and their functions and qualities in life and death. Ideas varied considerably but patterned in their frequencies and geographic distributions.
Cite this Record
The Archaeology of Souls: A Foundation through Systematic Survey of Historic Woodland and Plains Native American Soul Concepts. Brianna Rafidi, Christopher Carr, Mary Kupsch. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 405029) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8P84DPP
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Keywords
Culture
Historic
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Hopewell
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Woodland
Investigation Types
Ethnographic Research
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Systematic Survey
General
Mortuary Analysis
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Religion
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Soul concepts
Geographic Keywords
North America - Northeast
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North America - Plains
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North America - Southeast
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.634; min lat: 36.739 ; max long: -80.653; max lat: 49.133 ;
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| The-Archaeology-of-Souls-Presentation_Rafidi-Final.docx | 27.36kb | Apr 16, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 9:44:59 PM | Public | |
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| Archeology-of-Souls_SAA-Conference-2016.pdf | 670.40kb | Apr 16, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 9:44:59 PM | Public | |
| Presentation given at SAA Conference April 2016 - Orlando, FL. Presentation goes along with Paper included. | |||||