Forging Southeastern identities : social archaeology, ethnohistory, and folklore of the Mississippian to early historic South / edited by Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waselkov, Gregory A., editor.

Smith, Marvin T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Archaeology and history.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Social archaeology.

Group identity.

History.

Manners and customs.

Southern States.

Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Group identity--Southern States--History.

Social archaeology--Southern States.

Ethnoarchaeology--Southern States.

Archaeology and history--Southern States.

Folklore--Southern States.

Folklore.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Social life and customs.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 275 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]

Summary:

"A groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time--from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries--and focuses on a common theme of identity. These essays represent the various methods used by esteemed scholars today to study how Native Americans in the distant past created new social identities when old ideas of the self were challenged by changes in circumstance or by historical contingencies. Archaeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists working in the Southeast have always recognized the region's social diversity; indeed, the central purpose of these disciplines is to study peoples overlooked by the mainstream. Yet the ability to define and trace the origins of a collective social identity--the means by which individuals or groups align themselves, always in contrast to others--has proven to be an elusive goal. Here, editors Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith champion the relational identification and categorical identification processes, taken from sociological theory, as effective analytical tools. Taking up the challenge, the contributors have deployed an eclectic range of approaches to establish and inform an overarching theme of identity. Some investigate shell gorgets, textiles, shell trade, infrastructure, specific sites, or plant usage. Others focus on the edges of the Mississippian world or examine colonial encounters between Europeans and native peoples. A final chapter considers the adaptive malleability of historical legend in the telling and hearing of slave narratives"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Forging Southeastern Identities / Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith

Shell Gorgets, Hybridity, and Identity Creation in the Hightower Region / Adam King and Johann A. Sawyer

The Fabric of Power : Textiles in Mississippian Politics and Ritual / Penelope B. Drooker

Revitalization Movements in the Prehistoric Southeast? An Example from the Irene Site / Rebecca Saunders

Navigating the Mississippian World : Infrastructure in the Sixteenth-Century Native South / Robbie Ethridge

Marine Shell Trade in the Post-Mississippian Southeast / Marvin T. Smith

Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San Juan : The Construction of Colonial Identities at the Berry Site / David G. Moore, Christopher B. Rodning, and Robin A. Beck

What's in a Phase? Disentangling Communities of Practice from Communities of Identity in Southeastern North America / John E. Worth

Plant Use at a Mississippian and Contact-Period Site in the South Carolina Coastal Plain / Kandace D. Hollenbach

The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Was Indeed Grand : A Reconsideration of the Fatherland Site Landscape / Ian W. Brown and Vincas P. Steponaitis

Nuances of Memory : Historical Legend vs. Legendary History / George E. Lankford.

Notes:

"A Dan Josslyn memorial publication"--Page before the title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817319410

0817319417

OCLC:

953707371