The archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville / Gregory D. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Gregory D., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Mississippian culture.

Mississippian pottery--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Mississippian pottery.

Social archaeology--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Social archaeology.

Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.).

Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.)--Antiquities.

Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Complex Mississippian polities were neither developed nor sustained in a vacuum. A broad range of small-scale social groups played a variety of roles in the emergence of regionally organized political hierarchies that governed large-scale ceremonial centers. Recent research has revealed the extent to which interactions among corporately organized clans led to the development, success, and collapse of Moundville. These insights into Moundville's social complexity are based primarily on the study of monumental architecture and mortuary ceremonialism. Less is known about how everyday domesti

Contents:

Introduction

Mississippian communities and households

Moundville households in space and time

Architecture and community organization

Ceramics at early Moundville

Discussion and conclusions

Appendix 1: Architectural data

Appendix 2: Counts and frequencies of all sherds by context.

Notes:

"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8234-8

OCLC:

427565718