Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Forging Southeastern Identities - Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith
1. Shell Gorgets, Hybridity, and Identity Creation in the Hightower Region - Adam King and Johann A. Sawyer
2. The Fabric of Power: Textiles in Mississippian Politics and Ritual - Penelope B. Drooker
3. Revitalization Movements in the Prehistoric Southeast?: An Example from the Irene Site - Rebecca Saunders
4. Navigating the Mississippian World: Infrastructure in the Sixteenth-Century Native South - Robbie Ethridge
5. Marine Shell Trade in the Post-Mississippian Southeast - Marvin T. Smith
6. Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San Juan: The Construction of Colonial Identities at the Berry Site - David G. Moore, Christopher B. Rodning, and Robin A. Beck
7. What’s in a Phase?: Disentangling Communities of Practice from Communities of Identity in Southeastern North America - John E. Worth
8. Plant Use at a Mississippian and Contact-Period Site in the South Carolina Coastal Plain - Kandace D. Hollenbach
9. The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Was Indeed Grand: A Reconsideration of the Fatherland Site Landscape - Ian W. Brown and Vincas P. Steponaitis
10. Nuances of Memory: Historical Legend vs. Legendary History - George E. Lankford
References Cited
Contributors
Index