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A Nez Perce Ethnographic Observation of Archaeological Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Deward E. Walker Jr.
Deward E. Walker Jr.*
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Washington, D. C.
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Abstract

Stone piling among the Nez Perces was an integral part of the vision quest. Recent ethnographic observations indicate that, although it served several purposes, one of the most important was to encourage particular types of visions.

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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 3Part1 , January 1966 , pp. 436 - 437
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1966

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