Calumet Ceremonialism as a Nativistic Response

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7604571
AutoresWilliam A Turnbaugh (University of Rhode Island, autor de correspondencia)
Año1979
Volumen44
Número4
Páginas685-691
Fecha de publicación1979-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/279107
OpenAlexW1989009921
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas11

While Hall's (1977) recent paper addressed the origins of calumet symbolism, it did little to explain (or even to acknowledge) the rapid expansion in the usage of the Hako-type calumet and its accompanying ceremony after the opening of the historic period. It is suggested here that this calumet emerged in the role of a stability-enhancing mechanism within precisely those societies that were experiencing rapid sociocultural change and fragmentation. Both the calumet and the tobacco pipe, singly and in combination, constituted cultural elements that had had long identification with the sacred sphere. Not only were calumets and pipes and native tobacco preserved in the new situation, but their conservative ritual significance was greatly emphasized and formalized until they increasingly came to symbolize and embody the old way of life. Archaeological and historical data are used to support this argument

Agency (philosophy) · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Ceremony · Genealogy · Geography · Identification (biology) · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies