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\"Describes the invisible forces responsible for shaping life on Earth\"--Provided by publisher.
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Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief
Archaeological case studies consider material evidence of religion and ritual in the pre-Columbian Eastern Woodlands
Archaeologists today are interpreting Native American religion and ritual in the distant past in more sophisticated ways, considering new understandings of the ways that Native Americans themselves experienced them. Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief: Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America broadly considers Native American religion and ritual in eastern North America and focuses on practices that altered and used a vast array of material items as well as how physical spaces were shaped by religious practices.
Unbound to a single theoretical perspective of religion, contributors approach ritual and religion in diverse ways. Importantly, they focus on how people in the past practiced religion by altering and using a vast array of material items, from smoking pipes, ceremonial vessels, carved figurines, and iconographic images, to sacred bundles, hallucinogenic plants, revered animals, and ritual architecture. Contributors also show how physical spaces were shaped by religious practice, and how rock art, monuments, soils and special substances, and even land- and cityscapes were part of the active material worlds of religious agents.
Case studies, arranged chronologically, cover time periods ranging from the Paleoindian period (13,000–7900 BC) to the late Mississippian and into the protohistoric/contact periods. The geographical scope is much of the greater southeastern and southern Midwestern culture areas of the Eastern Woodlands, from the Central and Lower Mississippi River Valleys to the Ohio Hopewell region, and from the greater Ohio River Valley down through the Deep South and across to the Carolinas.
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Sarah E. Baires / Melissa R. Baltus / Casey R. Barrier / James F. Bates / Sierra M. Bow / James A. Brown / Stephen B. Carmody / Meagan E. Dennison / Aaron Deter-Wolf / David H. Dye / Bretton T. Giles / Cameron Gokee / Kandace D. Hollenbach / Thomas A. Jennings / Megan C. Kassabaum / John E. Kelly / Ashley A. Peles / Tanya M. Peres / Charlotte D. Pevny / Connie M. Randall / Jan F. Simek / Ashley M. Smallwood / Renee B. Walker / Alice P. Wright
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Living Laboratory to Show Us the Future
It's not just about technology - the building's design is meant to influence the behaviour of its occupants. The centre's location southeast of downtown Vancouver will be a ten-minute walk from rapid transit, allowing the centre to cut the number of required parking spaces by half. Discounted parking rates will be offered for hybrid vehicles, and showers for people who arrive by bike. Researchers at the facility will also be testing people's behavioural responses to all of the technologies in the building.
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Echoes of Distant Wars
Beyond the activities of the Canadian Forces, the environmental legacy of war includes contamination from chemical and nuclear weapons developed by Canadian industries. After the end of World War II, Stormont Chemicals of Cornwall, Ontario, dumped 2500 tonnes of mustard gas off the coast of Sable Island, part of an estimated 453,000 tonnes of chemical weapons now lying at the bottom of the world's oceans. It is known that the Bras d'Or Lake region of Cape Breton was a dumping site for mustard gas, but it is not known how much was dumped or where. In 2003, plans by oil and gas companies to seismically test the seabed off Cape Breton raised concerns about potentially disturbing up to 14,000 tonnes of mustard gas.
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Grasslands inside out
\"Huge, far-reaching landscapes of swaying grass or shrubs, grasslands support a whole host of organisms and are one of the most important biomes for people, too. Peel back the corners of the grassland to find out how many different organisms rely upon this ecosystem for survival, from elephants and gazelles to prairie dogs and horses. Discover how each organism functions within its grassland ecosystem, and learn about the daily fight for survival that takes place in these huge hunting grounds.\"--Amazon.com.
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Tundras inside out
\"A seemingly barren, harsh, and cold wilderness, the often icy tundra appears to support little life. However, peel back the corners of this fascinating biome and you will be amazed by the living organisms that thrive within one of Earths toughest environments. Discover the living things that function within the tundra, from polar bears and caribou to seabirds and foxes. Explore tundras all over the world and find out what you can do to help protect the riches of these mysterious places.\"--Amazon.com.
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