The making of Mississippian tradition / Christina M. Friberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friberg, Christina M., author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Series:

Ripley P. Bullen series

Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--Illinois--American Bottom.

Mississippian culture.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Illinois--American Bottom.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.

American Bottom (Ill.)--Antiquities.

American Bottom (Ill.).

Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this volume, Christina Friberg investigates the influence of Cahokia, the largest city of North America's Mississippian culture between AD 1050 and 1350, on smaller communities throughout the midcontinent. Using evidence from recent excavations at the Audrey-North site in the Lower Illinois River Valley, Friberg examines the cultural give-and-take Audrey inhabitants experienced between new Cahokian customs and old Woodland ways of life. Comparing the architecture, pottery, and lithics uncovered here with data from thirty-five other sites across five different regions, Friberg reveals how the social, economic, and political influence of Cahokia shaped the ways Audrey inhabitants negotiated identities and made new traditions. Friberg's broad interregional analysis also provides evidence that these diverse groups of people were engaged in a network of interaction and exchange outside Cahokia's control. The Making of Mississippian Tradition offers a fascinating glimpse into the dynamics of cultural exchange in precolonial settlements, and its detailed reconstruction of Audrey society offers a new, more nuanced interpretation of how and why Mississippian lifeways developed. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series.

Contents:

Introduction

Culture Contact and the Cahokia Phenomenon

Archaeological Investigations at the Audrey-North Site (11GE20)

Architecture and Community Organization

Ceramics

Lithics

Discussion and Conclusions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 05, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Friberg, Christina M.. The making of Mississippian tradition

ISBN:

9781683401896

1683401891

Publisher Number:

99985420115

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.