Mississippian Smoking Ritual in the Southern Appalachian Region. DENNIS B. BLANTON. 2015. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. xii + 274 pp. $65.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1-62190-189-1

In this highly anticipated book, Dennis Blanton presents his analysis of smoking pipes from Mississippian sites in the greater southern Appalachians, contributing to archaeological knowledge about the complexity of precolumbian smoking traditions in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. In Chapter...

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Published in:American Antiquity 2020, Vol.85 (1), p.186-187
Main Author: Carmody, Stephen B.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indians
Archaeology
Cluster analysis
Culture
Historic artifacts
Literature
Reading
Religion
Rites & ceremonies
Rituals
Smoking
Theory
Tobacco
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Summary:In this highly anticipated book, Dennis Blanton presents his analysis of smoking pipes from Mississippian sites in the greater southern Appalachians, contributing to archaeological knowledge about the complexity of precolumbian smoking traditions in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. In Chapter 1, Blanton provides the reader with a well-researched account of the importance of tobacco to prehistoric Native Americans and the special relationships they had with tobacco and tobacco smoke. Overall, this book contributes substantially to the archaeological literature, and it is essential reading for anyone studying smoking rituals and traditions in Native North America.
ISSN:0002-7316
2325-5064
DOI:10.1017/aaq.2019.51