Destruction and Creation: Cycles of Construction and Demolition in Appalachian Archaeology
Автор: Nathanael Fosaaen
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Abstract:
Postholes that were filled with sand or rocks after pulling the posts have been found on two Middle Woodland sites with Hopewell connections in the Appalachian Summit of western North Carolina. Previous interpretations are that the dismantling of the structures and filling of the postholes was
an act of ritual closure or termination of the structures’ lives. Experimental replication of posthole excavation, filling, and re-excavation support the hypothesis that these structures were dismantled with the intent of rebuilding them as part of a ritual performance cycle, possibly related to seasonal
or cosmological events.
Main source:
Thomas R. Whyte & Alice P. Wright (2023) Death and rebirth of structures
in the Middle Woodland period of the Appalachian Summit, Southeastern Archaeology, 42:4,
233-251
Supplemental sources:
Wright, Alice (2014). History, Monumentality, and Interaction in the Appalachian Summit Middle Woodland.
American Antiquity, 79(2), 277-294.
Kimball, Larry R., Thomas R. Whyte, and Gary D. Crites 2010
The Biltmore Mound and Hopewellian Mound Use in the
Southern Appalachians. Southeastern Archaeology 29:44–58.
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