Archaeology Of The Moundville Chiefdom
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Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom
Author | : Vernon James Knight,Vincas P. Steponaitis |
Publsiher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2007-01-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780817354213 |
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Brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site’s evolution and eventual decline Built on a flat terrace overlooking the Black Warrior River in Alabama, the Moundville ceremonial center was at its height a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today Moundville is not only one of the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States but also one of the most intensively studied. This volume brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site’s evolution and eventual decline.
Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland
Author | : Vincas P. Steponaitis,C. Margaret Scarry |
Publsiher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813065342 |
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Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and public buildings, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory, iconography, and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the rural hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Moundville
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Author | : John A. Walthall |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Alabama |
ISBN | : OCLC:3971946 |
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Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions
Author | : Timothy R. Pauketat |
Publsiher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2007-05-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780759112506 |
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In recent decades anthropology, especially ethnography, has supplied the prevailing models of how human beings have constructed, and been constructed by, their social arrangements. In turn, archaeologists have all too often relied on these models to reconstruct the lives of ancient peoples. In lively, engaging, and informed prose, Timothy Pauketat debunks much of this social-evolutionary theorizing about human development, as he ponders the evidence of 'chiefdoms' left behind by the Mississippian culture of the American southern heartland. This book challenges all students of history and prehistory to reexamine the actual evidence that archaeology has made available, and to do so with an open mind.
The Archaeology of Everyday Life at Early Moundville
Author | : Gregory D. Wilson |
Publsiher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780817354442 |
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Defines household composition and social relationships at Moundville
Mound Sites of the Ancient South
Author | : Eric E. Bowne |
Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780820345772 |
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From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today’s southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities—scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as Texas—are still visible and awe-inspiring today. This heavily illustrated guide brings these settlements to life with maps, artists’ reconstructions, photos of artifacts, and historic and modern photos of sites, connecting our archaeological knowledge with what is visible when visiting the sites today. Anthropologist Eric E. Bowne discusses specific structures at each location and highlights noteworthy museums, artifacts, and cultural features. He also provides an introduction to Mississippian culture, offering background on subsistence and settlement practices, political and social organization, warfare, and belief systems that will help readers better understand these complex and remarkable places. Sites include Cahokia, Moundville, Etowah, and many more. A Friends Fund Publication
Mound Excavations at Moundville
Author | : Vernon James Knight,H. Edwin Jackson,Susan L. Scott |
Publsiher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2010-06-09 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780817316877 |
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This work is a state-of-the-art, data-rich study of excavations undertaken at the Moundville site in west central Alabama, one of the largest and most complex of the mound sites of pre-contact North America.
Architectural Energetics in Archaeology
Author | : Leah McCurdy,Elliot M. Abrams |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2019-01-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781351614146 |
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Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the grandest pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have been curious as to how pre-modern societies with limited technology were capable of constructing monuments of such outstanding scale and quality. Architectural energetics is a methodology within archaeology that generates estimates of the amount of labor and time allocated to construct these past monuments. This methodology allows for detailed analyses of architecture and especially the analysis of the social power underlying such projects. Architectural Energetics in Archaeology assembles an international array of scholars who have analyzed architecture from archaeological and historic societies using architectural energetics. It is the first such volume of its kind. In addition to applying architectural energetics to a global range of architectural works, it outlines in detail the estimates of costs that can be used in future architectural analyses. This volume will serve archaeology and classics researchers, and lecturers teaching undergraduate and graduate courses related to social power and architecture. It also will interest architects examining past construction and engineering projects.