Ground in Stone
Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains
Abstract
In Ground in Stone: Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains, Elizabeth Lynch examines the insights and challenges of bedrock ground stone research in archaeological inquiry. Ground in Stone includes analyses of case studies to illustrate field data collection techniques as well as the rich social lives of ground in stone on the Chaquaqua Plateau. Lynch argues that the bedrock features in southeastern Colorado offer valuable insight into the archaeology of the High Plains because they are spaces where people gathered to craft important products—food, tools, and art. In doing so, these places anchored human movement to the landscape and became integral to story-telling and cultural lifeways.
Schlagworte
Chaquaqua Plateau Bedrock Ground Stone Geography Geology High Plains archaeology History Southeastern Colorado social space archaeology groundstone material culture archaeology oral tradition archaeology- 1–14 Introduction 1–14
- 63–112 Part II. METHODOLOGY 63–112
- 155–170 Part IV. FUTURE RESEARCH 155–170
- 171–180 References 171–180
- 181–186 Index 181–186
- 187–188 About the Author 187–188