Bears: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives in Native Eastern North America

ISBN-13: 9781683401384 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 412 str.

Heather A. Lapham; Gregory A. Waselkov

Spis treści

• Introduction—Heather A. Lapham
• Chapter 1 Ethnohistorical and Ethnographic Overview of Bear-Human Relationships in Native Eastern North America—Gregory A. Waselkov
• Chapter 2 "Dear, Honored Guest": Bear Ceremonialism in Minnesota—David Mather
• Chapter 3 The Great White Bear in Cosmology, Myth, Imagery, and Ritual—Thomas E. Berres
• Chapter 4 The Multifaceted Bear: Spiritual and Economic Roles of Bears in Meskwaki Society—Ralph Koziarski
• Chapter 5 Use of Black Bears in the Western Great Lakes Region, and the Riddle of the Perforated Bear Mandibles—Terrance J. Martin
• Chapter 6 Black Bears and the Iroquoians: Food, Stories, and Symbols—Christian Gates St-Pierre, Claire St-Germain, and Louis-Vincent Laperrière-Désorcy
• Chapter 7 In Feast and Famine: New Perspectives on Black Bear in the Southern Appalachians and Piedmont, AD 1000–1800—Heather A. Lapham
• Chapter 8 Better than Butter: Yona Go'i‚ Bear Grease in Cherokee Culture—Heidi M. Altman, Tanya M. Peres, and J. Matthew Compton
• Chapter 9 Bears, Bear-Grounds, and Bovines in the Lower Southeast—Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman
• Chapter 10 Re-Examining the Evidence for Bear Ceremonialism in the Lower Mississippi Valley—Ashley Peles and Megan C. Kassabaum
• Chapter 11 Menageries and Bearskin Caps: Experiencing North American Bears in Post-Medieval Britain—Hannah J. O'Regan
• Chapter 12 Bear-Human Relationships in Eastern Native North America: An Overview of Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Evidence—Gregory A. Waselkov and J. Lynn Funkhouser
• Contributors