Name: Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) (en Inglés)
Price: 344191.00 COP
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Author: William Engelbrecht
ISBN: 9780815629580

portada Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Syracuse University Press

Autor

William Engelbrecht

Año

2003

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

232

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0815629583

ISBN13

9780815629580

N° edición

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Historia de américa
Historia local

Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) (en Inglés)

William Engelbrecht (Autor) · Syracuse University Press · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) (en Inglés)"

Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this book provides a dynamic view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the Five Nations. In a book that spans the Iroquoian culture from its ancient roots to its survival in the modern world, William Engelbrecht maintains that two themes pervade this development: warfare and spirituality. An investigation of oral tradition, archaeology, and historical records provides new insight into this now largely vanished world known as Iroquoia. Engelbrecht covers a wide geographic range, exploring regional and temporal differences in material culture and subsistence patterns. He finds change over time in the distribution and size of communities and in response to environmental, demographic, and social factors. In addition, he furthers the controversial debate that arrow sacrifice and other beliefs spread from Mesoamerica with the dispersal of maize and horticulture. Although scholars have suggested that palisaded hilltop Iroquoian villages were constructed with an eye for defense, this book is unique in showing that the longhouse - known mainly as a community forum and spiritual