Authors: Sekaquaptewa, Emory; Washburn, Dorothy

Source: Time and Mind, Volume 2, Number 2, July 2009 , pp. 195-214(20)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:

This paper illustrates how an untapped form of oral tradition—ritual song— embodies the principles of ritual belief and the practice of daily activities that are at the heart of native cosmologies. The authors contend that understanding how these principles shape and direct a people's lifeway can assist the archaeologist in theory formation and data interpretation.

Keywords: ORAL TRADITION; RITUAL SONG; THE HOPI CORN LIFEWAY; COSMOLOGY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175169709X423682

Publication date: 2009-07-01

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