Star Mounds Legacy of a Native American Mystery

Name: Star Mounds Legacy of a Native American Mystery
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ISBN: 9781583944462

ISBN-10: 158394446X

ISBN-13: 9781583944462

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ross Hamilton

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Star Moundsis a full-color illustrated study of the precolonial monuments of the greater Ohio Valley, woven together with over fifty "medicine stories" inspired by Native American mythology that demonstrate the depth of the knowledge held by indigenous peoples about the universe they lived in. The earthworks of the region have long mystified and intrigued scholars, archeologists, and anthropologists with their impressive size and design. The landscape practices of pioneer families destroyed much of them in the 1700s, but, during the first half of the 1800s, some serious mapmaking expeditions were able to record their locations. Utilizing many nineteenth-century maps as a base—including…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.17" wide x 10.04" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English