Ancient chiefdoms of the Tombigbee / John H. Blitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blitz, John Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.).

Mississippian culture.

Chiefdoms--Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.).

Chiefdoms.

Lubub Creek Mound (Ala.).

Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.)--Antiquities.

Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Within the last 50 years archaeologists have discovered that around the 10th century A.D., native southeastern peoples began a process of cultural change far more complex than anything that had occurred previously. These late prehistoric societies-known as Mississippian-have come to be regarded as chiefdoms. The chiefdoms are of great anthropological interest because in these kinds of societies social hierarchies or rank and status were first institutionalized. Ancient Chiefdoms of the Tombigbee focuses

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Organizational Variability in Mississippian Societies; 3. The Cultural-Historical Context for the Mississippian Occupation Along the Central Tombigbee River; 4. Platform-Mound Excavation at Lubbub Creek; 5. Storage, Defense, and Chiefs; 6. Ceramic Distributions at Lubbub Creek; 7. Prestige Goods at Lubbub Creek and Beyond; 8. Interpretations and Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-213) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8308-5

0-585-14079-0

OCLC:

609844510