{"product_id":"our-hidden-landscapes-indigenous-stone-ceremonial-sites-in-eastern-north-america-paperback","title":"Our Hidden Landscapes: Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Eastern North America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucianne Lavin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElaine Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging traditional and long-standing understandings, this volume provides an important new lens for interpreting stone structures that had previously been attributed to settler colonialism. Instead, the contributors to this volume argue that these locations are sacred Indigenous sites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume introduces readers to eastern North America's Indigenous ceremonial stone landscapes (CSLs)--sacred sites whose principal identifying characteristics are built stone structures that cluster within specific physical landscapes. \u003ci\u003eOur Hidden Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e presents these often unrecognized sites as significant cultural landscapes in need of protection and preservation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Native American authors provide perspectives on the cultural meaning and significance of CSLs and their characteristics, while professional archaeologists and anthropologists provide a variety of approaches for better understanding, protecting, and preserving them. The chapters present overwhelming evidence in the form of oral tradition, historic documentation, ethnographies, and archaeological research that these important sites created and used by Indigenous peoples are deserving of protection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This work enables archaeologists, historians, conservationists, foresters, and members of the general public to recognize these important ritual sites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nohham Rolf Cachat-Schilling \u003cbr\u003e Robert DeFosses \u003cbr\u003e James Gage \u003cbr\u003e Mary Gage \u003cbr\u003e Doug Harris \u003cbr\u003e Julia A. King \u003cbr\u003e Lucianne Lavin \u003cbr\u003e Johannes (Jannie) H. N. Loubser \u003cbr\u003e Frederick W. Martin \u003cbr\u003e Norman Muller \u003cbr\u003e Charity Moore Norton \u003cbr\u003e Paul A. Robinson \u003cbr\u003e Laurie W. Rush \u003cbr\u003e Scott M. Strickland \u003cbr\u003e Elaine Thomas \u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Patricia Thrane \u003cbr\u003e Matthew Victor Weiss\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucianne Lavin is an archaeologist, a director emeritus of research and collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies Museum in Connecticut, and the author of \u003ci\u003eConnecticut's Indigenous Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elaine Thomas is a Mohegan tribal member and has worked in the Mohegan Tribal Government for twenty-two years. She works with tribal nations in identifying and preserving ceremonial stone landscapes.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457154986233,"sku":"9780816554980","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4TWmsz_NKl9780816554980.webp?v=1780077432","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/our-hidden-landscapes-indigenous-stone-ceremonial-sites-in-eastern-north-america-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}