Archaeology of the Soul

The richness and the range of Native American spirituality has long beennoted, but it has never been examined so thoroughly, nor with such aneye for the amazing interconnectedness of Indian tribal ceremonies andpractices, as in An Archaeology of the Soul. In this monumentalwork, destined to become a classic in its field, Robert Hall traces thegenetic and historical relationships of the tribes of the Midwest andPlains--including roots that extend back as far as 3,000 years.Looking beyond regional barriers, An Archaeology of the Soul offers new depths of insight into American Indian ethnography. Hall uncovers the lineage and kinship shared by Native North Americans through the perspectives of history, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, biological anthropology, linguistics, and mythology. The wholeness and panoramic complexity of American Indian belief has never been so fully explored--or more deeply understood.