Revisiting McKeithen Weeden Island : complexity, ritual, and pottery / Prudence M. Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Prudence M., author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Archaeology of the American South

Archaeology of the American South: new directions and perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McKeithen Site (Fla.).

Weeden Island culture.

Indian pottery--Florida--McKeithen Site.

Indian pottery.

Florida--Antiquities.

Florida.

Mississippian culture--Florida.

Mississippian culture.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida--McKeithen Site.

Excavations (Archaeology).

weeden island.

Antiquities.

Florida--McKeithen Site.

Physical Description:

xiii, 115 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Revisiting McKeithen Weeden Island further illuminates an Indigenous Late Woodland (ca. AD 200-900) mound-and-village community in northern Florida that was first excavated in the late 1970s. Since then, some artifacts received additional analyses, and the topic of prechiefdom societies has been broadly reconsidered in anthropology and archaeology. These developments allow new perspectives on McKeithen's history and significance. Prudence M. Rice, a Mayanist who began her career at the University of Florida, revisits what is known about McKeithen and recontextualizes the 1970s excavations. Weeden Island and McKeithen are best known through mortuary mounds and mortuary ritual, mainly involving unusual pottery bird effigies. Rice discusses current theoretical trends in studies of ritual and belief systems and their relation to mound-building at McKeithen in early stages of developing societal complexity. Revisiting McKeithen Weeden Island serves as a masterful example of an esteemed archaeologist advancing the field through rethought and updated interpretations of the site and its significance, primarily through its pottery. Rice's case study ultimately also fosters understanding of later Mississippian society and other civilizations around the world at this time period. Archaeologists, anthropologists, and social historians as well as students and avocational readers will welcome Rice's insight"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Complexification, Migration, and Dating

Belief Systems and the Emergence of Societal Complexity

Pottery and Ritual Pottery

Treatment of the Dead at McKeithen

Final Considerations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780817321758

0817321756

9780817361143

0817361146

OCLC:

1378932669

Publisher Number:

99995210174