This article offers insights into the organization of Scioto Hopewell craft production and examines the implications of this organization through the lens of ritual economy. We present a novel analysis of investigations at the North 40 site, concluding that it is a craft production site located on the outskirts of the renowned Mound City Group. High-resolution landscape-scale magnetic survey revealed a cluster of three large structures and two rows of associated pits; one of the buildings and three of the pits were sampled in excavations. Evidence from the North 40 site marks this as the best-documented Scioto Hopewell craft production site. Mica, chert, and copper were crafted here in contexts organized outside the realm of domestic household production and consumption. Other material remains from the site suggest that crafting was specialized and embedded in ceremonial contexts. This analysis of the complex organization of Scioto Hopewell craft production provides grounds for further understanding the elaborate ceremonialism practiced by Middle Woodland (AD 1–400) societies and adds to the known complexity of craft production in small-scale societies. Furthermore, this article contributes to a growing body of literature demonstrating the utility of ritual economy as a framework for approaching the sociality of small-scale societies.

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仪式经济与 Scioto Hopewell 工艺品生产的组织：来自 Mound City Group 郊区的见解

本文提供了对 Scioto Hopewell 手工艺品生产组织的见解，并通过仪式经济的视角研究了该组织的含义。我们对 North 40 站点的调查进行了新颖的分析，得出的结论是，它是一个位于著名的 Mound City Group 郊区的工艺品生产站点。高分辨率景观尺度磁力测量揭示了一组三个大型结构和两排相关坑；在挖掘过程中对其中一栋建筑物和三个坑进行了采样。来自 North 40 站点的证据表明，这是有据可查的 Scioto Hopewell 工艺品生产站点。云母、燧石和铜是在国内家庭生产和消费领域之外的环境中制作的。该遗址的其他材料表明，手工艺是专门的，并嵌入在礼仪环境中。对 Scioto Hopewell 工艺生产的复杂组织的这种分析为进一步了解中林地（公元 1-400 年）社会所实行的复杂礼仪提供了基础，并增加了小规模社会中工艺生产的已知复杂性。此外，本文为越来越多的文献做出贡献，证明仪式经济作为接近小规模社会社会性的框架的效用。对 Scioto Hopewell 工艺生产的复杂组织的这种分析为进一步了解中林地（公元 1-400 年）社会所实行的复杂礼仪提供了基础，并增加了小规模社会中工艺生产的已知复杂性。此外，本文为越来越多的文献做出贡献，证明仪式经济作为接近小规模社会社会性的框架的效用。对 Scioto Hopewell 工艺生产的复杂组织的这种分析为进一步了解中林地（公元 1-400 年）社会所实行的复杂礼仪提供了基础，并增加了小规模社会中工艺生产的已知复杂性。此外，本文为越来越多的文献做出贡献，证明仪式经济作为接近小规模社会社会性的框架的效用。