Bears :  archaeological and ethnohistorical perspectives in native Eastern North America / 
edited by Heather A. Lapham and Gregory A. Waselkov. 
 - Gainesville :  University of Florida Press,  (c)2020. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 395 pages). 
 - Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Ethnohistorical and ethnographic overview of bear-human relationships in Native Eastern North America /  "Dear, honored guest" : bear ceremonialism in Minnesota /  The great white bear in cosmology, myth, imagery, and ritual /  The multifaceted bear: spiritual and economic roles of bears in Meskwaki Society /  Use of black bears in the Western Great Lakes Region, and the riddle of the perforated bear mandibles /  Black bears and the Iroquoians: food, stories, and symbols /  In feast and famine: new perspectives on black bear in the Southern Appalachians and Piedmont, AD 1000-1800 /  Better than butter: yona go'i, bear grease in Cherokee culture /  Bears, bear-grounds, and bovines in the lower Southeast /  Re-examining the evidence for bear ceremonialism in the Lower Mississippi Valley /  Menageries and bearskin caps: experiencing North American bears in Post-Medieval Britain /  Bear-human relationships in Eastern Native North America: an overview of archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence /  Gregory A. Waselkov --  David Mather --  Thomas E. Berres --  Ralph Koziarski --  Terrance J. Martin --  Christian Gates St-Pierre, Claire St-Germain, and Louis-Vincent Laperri¿re-D¿sorcy --  Heather A. Lapham --  Heidi M. Altman, Tanya M. Peres, and J. Matthew Compton --  Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman --  Ashley Peles and Megan C. Kassabaum --  Hannah J. O'Regan --  Gregory A. Waselkov and J. Lynn Funkhouser. 
<br/><br/> Although scholars have long recognized the mythic status of bears in indigenous North American societies of the past, this is the first volume to synthesize the vast amount of archaeological and historical research on the topic. "Bears" charts the special relationship between the American black bear and humans in eastern Native American cultures across thousands of years. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781683401452 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019021608 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human-bear encounters--North America.<br/>Black bear--North America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL737  / .B437 2020