essay
Feasting with the dead: Ohio Hopewell charnal house ritual as a context for redistribution
hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conference • Kent, Ohio • Published In 1979 • Pages: 39-46
By: Seeman, Mark F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Seeman proposes a link between feasting, redistribution, and the operation of the charnel houses in Ohio Hopewell. He believes that the food remains found around the mortuary mounds are evidence of food redistribution and feasting that occurred during the burial ceremonies. The food remains from the charnel houses at 17 sites are described. To further the redistribution hypothesis Seeman compares the Ohio Hopewell and the historic Choctaw mortuary behaviors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Comparative evidence
- Ceramic technology
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopewell
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2100 BP-1600 BP (100 B.C.-400 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ohio, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark F. Seeman
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture