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A Nez Perce Ethnographic Observation of Archaeological Significance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
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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