{"product_id":"transit-chadwick-allen-9780226849812","title":"Transit: Serpent Mound Crossing Space, Time, Discourse","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow an ancient Indigenous earthwork traveled from Ohio to Washington state in the mid-1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, Chadwick Allen chronicles the surprising history of how the ancient snake effigy known as Serpent Mound, located in what is now southern Ohio, traveled to Seattle, Washington in the 1970s, at the height of American Indian activism associated with the Red Power movement. Allen considers Indigenous earthworks built for thousands of years across the eastern half of the North American continent, questioning what it would mean if they were understood not as static entities fixed in space and time, but as animate forces with the ability to travel. Allen also looks at the origins of the \"modern\" effigy in the nineteenth century, when archaeologists reconstructed Serpent Mound's deteriorating form to create a static icon suitable for touristic display within the confines of a settler state memorial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from archival research, interviews, and site-specific encounters, Transit meditates on the significance of building an earthen effigy in the Pacific Northwest, as part of what became the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, and on the complexity of the mound's generative contexts. Allen's research intersects the mid-twentieth century, when artist Robert Smithson created his iconic \u003ci\u003eSpiral Jetty\u003c\/i\u003e earth sculpture and when the Muscogee (Creek) Nation designed its innovative Mound Building. The story remains ongoing in the twenty-first century, as new mounds are rising in Oklahoma and artists, activists, and intellectuals are again asserting the power of Indigenous design. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chadwick Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226849813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226849812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Chadwick Allen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460246483199,"sku":"9780226849812","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5806bba1-5935-412a-812d-8760f93ffab7.jpg?v=1777413501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transit-chadwick-allen-9780226849812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}