| The Mississippian Emergence First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Smith, Bruce D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0817354522 ISBN-13: 9780817354527 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This collection, addressing a topic of ongoing interest and debate in American archaeology, examines the evolution of ranked chiefdoms in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States during the period A.D. 700-1200. The volume brings together a broad range of professionals engaged in the fieldwork that has vitalized the theoretical debates on the development of Mississippi Valley cultures. The initial chapter provides a general discussion of various explanations for the rise of these distinctive ranked societies in the eastern United States (A.D. 750-1050) and sets the stage for the interdisciplinary analysis from multiple viewpoints that follows. The first section discusses a cluster of individual sites in the Midwest and Southeast and reveals the parallel— and occasionally divergent— paths followed by the inhabitants as they transitioned from Late Woodland into Mississippian lifeways. The chapters in the second half discuss by region the emergence of ranked agricultural societies and examine how these networks played a role in the large-scale and roughly contemporaneous socio-political development. Contributors: C. Clifford Boyd Jr. James A. Brown R. P. Stephen Davis Jr. John House John E. Kelly Richard A. Kerber Dan F. Morse Phyllis Morse Martha Ann Rolingson Gerald F. Schroedl Bruce D. Smith Paul D. Welch Howard D. Winters |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 975.01 |
| LCCN: 2007004493 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.59" W x 10.98" (1.99 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection, addressing a topic of ongoing interest and debate in American archaeology, examines the evolution of ranked chiefdoms in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States during the period A.D. 700-1200. The volume brings together a broad range of professionals engaged in the fieldwork that has vitalized the theoretical debates on the development of Mississippi Valley cultures. The initial chapter provides a general discussion of various explanations for the rise of these distinctive ranked societies in the eastern United States (A.D. 750-1050) and sets the stage for the interdisciplinary analysis from multiple viewpoints that follows. The first section discusses a cluster of individual sites in the Midwest and Southeast and reveals the parallel--and occasionally divergent--paths followed by the inhabitants as they transitioned from Late Woodland into Mississippian lifeways. The chapters in the second half discuss by region the emergence of ranked agricultural societies and examine how these networks played a role in the large-scale and roughly contemporaneous socio-political development. Contributors: C. Clifford Boyd Jr.James A. BrownR. P. Stephen Davis Jr.John HouseJohn E. KellyRichard A. KerberDan F. MorsePhyllis MorseMartha Ann RolingsonGerald F. SchroedlBruce D. SmithPaul D. WelchHoward D. Winters |