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Enduring Motives Examines Tradition And Religious Beliefs As They Are Expressed In Landscape, The Built Environment, Visual Symbols, Stories, And Ritual. Bringing Together Archaeologists And Native American Experts, This Volume Focuses On Long-lived Religious Traditions Of The Native Peoples Of The Americas And How Religion Codifies, Justifies, And Reinforces These Traditions By Placing A High Value On Continuity Of Beliefs And Practice. Using Clues From The Archaeological Record To Piece Together The Oldest Religions Of The Americas, Enduring Motives Is Organized Into Four Parts. Structure Of The Mesoamerican Universe, From Aztec To Olmec / John E. Clark And Arlene Colman -- Will The Circle Be Unbroken? The Roots Of Plains Indian Views Of The Cosmos / Linea Sundstrom -- Of Iron Steamship Anacondas And Black Cayman Canoes: Lowland Mythology As A Rosetta Stone For Formative Iconography / Peter G. Roe And Amy Roe -- The Staff God: Icon And Image In Andean Art / Jeffrey Quilter -- On Being And Becoming: Ruminations On The Genesis, Evolution, And Maintenance Of The Cerro Jaboncillo Ceremonial Center, Ecuador / Colin Mcewan -- Hopi Clan Traditions And The Pedigree Of Ceremonial Objects / Wesley Bernardini -- Remembering Emergence And Migration In The Southwest Pueblos / Kelley Hays-gilpin -- Continuity And Discontinuity In Southwestern Religions / Stephen H. Lekson -- The Importance Of Being Specific: Theme And Trajectory In Mississippian Iconography / James Brown And John Kelly -- Landscapes Of Memory And Presence In The Canadian Shield / John Norder -- Cave Rituals And Ritual Caves In The Eastern United States / Cheryl Claassen -- Reopening The Midéwiwin / Warren Deboer -- Resolving Contradictions As A Methodology For Investigating Maya Calendar History And Its Cosmological Associations / Robert L. Hall. Edited By Linea Sundstrom And Warren Deboer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.