Our Hidden Landscapes - Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Eastern North America

Our Hidden Landscapes introduces people to eastern North America's Indigenous ceremonial stone landscapes (CSLs)--sacred sites whose principal identifying characteristics are built stone structures that cluster within specific physical landscapes. This volume presents these often unrecognized sites as significant cultural landscapes in need of protection and preservation. Chapters from Indigenous community members, archaeologists, and anthropologists provide a variety of approaches for better understanding, protecting, and preserving these important sacred spaces.

About the author

Lucianne Lavin is an archaeologist, a director emeritus of research and collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies Museum in Connecticut, and the author of Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples.

Elaine Thomas is a Mohegan tribal member and has worked in the Mohegan Tribal Government for twenty-two years. She works with tribal nations in identifying and preserving ceremonial stone landscapes.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lucianne Lavin (Editor), Elaine Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2025
• EAN: 9780816554980
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5498-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history