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Ceremonial Centres from the Cayapas (Esmeraldas, Ecuador) to Chillicothe (Ohio, USA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Warren R. DeBoer
Warren R. DeBoer
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Department of AnthropologyQueen College, C.U.N.Y. Flushing, NY, 11367 USA
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Abstract

Although they are some of the most impressive archaeological monuments in North America, the geometric earthworks of Ohio Hopewell remain poorly understood. By incorporating multiple lines of ethnographic and archaeological evidence an interpretation of the meanings congealed in these ancient earthworks can be offered.

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , October 1997 , pp. 225 - 253
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1997

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