The Institutional Organization of Mississippian Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vernon James Knight (0000-0003-0791-000X, University of Alabama, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-687 |
| Publication date | 1986-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/280859 |
| OpenAlex | W832094133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 105 |
| References cited | 26 |
Symbolic objects for ceremonial display, or sacra, tend to be systematically related in their representational content to the cult institutions that produce and manipulate them. Cult organization is normally pluralistic among preliterate complex societies. Mississippian sacra suggest a triad of coexisting types of cult institution: (1) a communal cult type emphasizing earth/fertility and purification ritual, (2) a chiefly cult type serving to sanctify chiefly authority, and (3) a priestly cult type mediating between the other two, supervising mortuary ritual and ancestor veneration
Ancestor · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Cult · Institution · Social science · Sociology · Triad (sociology) · Type (biology) · Veneration · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History
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