Ground in Stone : Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains

Lynch, Elizabeth; Larson, Mary Lou (FRW); Kornfeld, Marcel (FRW)

ISBN 10: 1793618925 / ISBN 13: 9781793618924

Published by Lexington Books, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ground in Stone : Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793618925
• ISBN 13: 9781793618924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Elizabeth Lynch is post-doctoral researcher with the Hell Gap National Historic Landmark Digital Archives Project at the University of Wyoming.