A spatial analysis of civic-ceremonial architecture in the central Mesa Verde Region, United States
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2017.02.002
Abstract: Abstract This study analyzes the spatial and temporal patterning of civic-ceremonial structures in the central Mesa Verde region of the northern Southwest to assess changing patterns of leadership in Pueblo society. Great kivas, as the… read more here.
Keywords: mesa verde; region; civic ceremonial; central mesa ... See more keywords
Maritime Ritual Economies of Cosmic Synchronicity: Summer Solstice Events at a Civic-Ceremonial Center on the Northern Gulf Coast of Florida
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2019.68
Abstract: Places such as Poverty Point, Mound City, and Chaco Canyon remind us that the siting of ritual infrastructure in ancient North America was a matter of cosmological precedent. The cosmic gravity of these places gathered… read more here.
Keywords: ritual economies; solstice; center northern; summer ... See more keywords