Documenting Ceremonial Situations and Institutional Change at Middle Woodland Geometric Enclosures in Central Kentucky

IF 0.4 Q1 Arts and Humanities
E. Henry, A. Mickelson, M. Mickelson
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ABSTRACT The construction of earthen enclosures changed how the Middle Woodland landscape was monumentalized in central Kentucky. Archaeologists have long associated these monuments with important social changes, leading to modern interpretations of these mounds as material evidence for cooperative labor, large kin-based coalitions, and pan-regional ritual practices and cosmological beliefs. We conducted research at nine enclosures in central Kentucky that allowed us to examine the evidence for their potential correlation with astronomical phenomena and identify variability in how enclosures were constructed. In this article we present archaeoastronomical and geoarchaeological data from these nine sites to explore how local groups built and used geometric enclosures. Our data led us to consider the diverse ceremonial situations under which these monuments were constructed. We suggest that the variability present in, and the spread of, small enclosures reflects both the simultaneous reinterpretation and adoption of pan-regional institutions during local manifestations of a Middle Woodland situation.
肯塔基中部林地几何圈地的仪式情境与制度变迁
土围场的建造改变了肯塔基中部林地景观的纪念性。长期以来,考古学家一直将这些纪念碑与重要的社会变化联系在一起,导致现代对这些土丘的解释是合作劳动、大型亲属联盟、泛区域仪式实践和宇宙学信仰的物质证据。我们在肯塔基州中部的九个围场进行了研究,这使我们能够检查它们与天文现象之间潜在关联的证据,并确定围场建造方式的可变性。在这篇文章中,我们展示了来自这九个遗址的考古天文学和地质考古学数据,以探索当地群体如何建造和使用几何围墙。我们的数据使我们考虑到这些纪念碑是在不同的仪式情况下建造的。我们认为,小圈地的变化和扩展反映了在中部林地的局部表现中,对泛区域制度的重新解释和采用。
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