Power and Purpose: The role of animals in ritual context at a mid-continental site in the Fourteenth Century
Author(s): Autumn Beyer; Terrance Martin; Jodie O'Gorman
Year: 2017
Summary
A variety of ritual contexts are documented at the Oneota and Mississippian Morton Village site and the associated Norris Farms Cemetery in Fulton County, Illinois. These include multi-scalar mortuary contexts, communal ritual structures, and smaller domestic-related facilities. Animal remains from both food and faunal tools, along with artifacts that are imbued with animal symbolism, were found in each context. This paper explores the variability and looks for patterning of animal use within these ritual contexts to better understand the linkages between animals and religion within a social context of ethnic interaction and cultural negotiation.
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Power and Purpose: The role of animals in ritual context at a mid-continental site in the Fourteenth Century. Autumn Beyer, Terrance Martin, Jodie O'Gorman. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 429127)
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Keywords
General
Faunal
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Mississippian/Oneota
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Ritual
Geographic Keywords
North America - Midwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.634; min lat: 36.739 ; max long: -80.64; max lat: 49.153 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 16144