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The Origin and Spread of the Calumet Ceremony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Donald J. Blakeslee
Donald J. Blakeslee*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208
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Abstract

This article refutes Turnbaugh's (1979) thesis that explains the origin and spread of the calumet ceremony by proceeding from Wallace's (1956) model of nativistic movements. It presents ethnohistoric and archaeological evidence for the origin of the calumet prior to A.D. 1634 on the Great Plains and explains its subsequent spread into the Woodlands in terms of alliances for trade and warfare.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 759 - 768
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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