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The Mississippian Emergence

The Mississippian Emergence

Edited by Bruce D. Smith

312 Pages, 8.50 x 11.00 x 1.00 in

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9780817354527
Published: October 2007

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9780817384302
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Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Williams Stephen Preface to the New Edition Contributors 1 Introduction Smith Bruce D. Archaeological Chiefdoms and the Eastern Woodlands The Analogy-Homology Dilemma Nested Black Boxes Selective Multiple-Level Comparison 2 Powell Canal: Baytown Period Adaptation on Bayou Macon, Southeast Arkansas House John Introduction Physical Setting Cultural and Temporal Context Excavations at Powell Canal The Formal-Spatial Structure and Past Community Patterns of Powell Canal Technology Subsistence and Seasonality Bioarchaeology Baytown Period Adaptation on Bayou Macon Comparative Discussion Conclusion 3 Trie Tbltec Mounds Site: A Ceremonial Center in the Arkansas River Lowland Rolingson Martha Ann Location and Environmental Setting History of Research in Central Arkansas Research at the Toltec Mounds Site Site Description Mound Construction and History Material Culture Stratigraphy Mound Function Internal Settlement Plan Settlement Pattern Comparisons with Lower Mississippi Valley Sites The Place of Toltec Mounds Site in Lower Valley Prehistory 4 The Zebree Site: An Emerged Early Mississippian Expression in Northeast Arkansas Morse Phyllis Morse Dan F. The Bay town Period Dunklin Phase Component Big Lake Phase Artifacts Environment and Subsistence The Big Lake Phase Village 5 Range Site Community Patterns and the Mississippian Emergence Kelly John E. Introduction The Range Site Location and Environmental Setting The I-270 Investigations Archaeological Overview The Late Woodland-Emergent Mississippian-Mississippian Sequence at the Range Site Changing Community Patterns at the Range Site The Patrick Phase (A.D. 600–750) The Dohack Phase (A.D. 750–850) The Range Phase (A.D. 850–900) The George Reeves Phase (A.D. 900–950) The George Reeves-Lindeman Phase Transition The Lindeman Phase (A.D. 950–1000) The Lindhorst (A.D. 1000–1050) and Stirling (A.D. 1050–1150) Phases Changing Community Plans and Cultural Process 6 The Emergence of Mississippian Culture in the American Bottom Region Kelly John E. Introduction Location and Environmental Setting Chronological Framework A Cultural-Historical Framework for the Late Woodland-Mississippian Transition in the American Bottom The Patrick and Sponemann Phases (A.D. 600–750) The Collinsville, Loyd, Dohack, and Range Phases (A.D. 750–900) The Merrell, Edelhardt, George Reeves, and Lindeman Phases (A.D. 800–1000) The Lohmann and Lindhorst Phases (A.D. 1000–1050) Previous Models of Mississippian Emergence in the American Bottom Local Evolution Explanations Migration-Contact Models An Alternative Model Future Research Directions 7 Emergent Mississippian in the Central Mississippi Valley Morse Dan F. Morse Phyllis Introduction Ceramic Complexes and Temporal Control A.D. 700–1200 The Baytown Period The Varney Horizon The Beaker Horizon The Matthews Horizon The Emergence of Mississippian Culture A.D. 700–800 The Dunklin Phase The Baytown Phase, Plum Bayou Culture, and Flat-Based, Shell-Tempered Ceramics The Hoecake Phase Early Mississippian Culture: A.D. 800–1000 The Evolution of Mississippian Culture: A.D. 1000–1200 Theories of Origin and Development 8 Explaining Mississippian Origins in East Tennessee Schroedl Gerald F. Boyd, Jr. C. Clifford Davis, Jr. R. P. Stephen Introduction Environment Culture Chronology Woodland Period Emergent and Early Mississippian Periods The Woodland-Mississippian Transition Conclusions 9 Mississippian Emergence in West-Central Alabama Welch Paul D. Introduction Environment Mississippian Emergence along the Central Tombigbee River History of Research Chronology Miller III Culture Summerville Culture Mississippian Emergence along the Black Warrior Floodplain History of Research Chronology West Jefferson Culture in the Moundville Area Moundville I Culture Mississippian Emergence in the Bessemer Area History of Research Chronology West Jefferson Culture in the Bessemer Area Bessemer Phase Culture Conclusion 10 Mississippian Emergence in the Fort Walton Area: The Evolution of the Cayson and Lake Jackson Phases Scarry John F. Introduction Fort Walton Mississippian Prior Archaeological Research Moore and Brannon: The Early Investigators Willey: Synthesis and Foundation The Post-Willey Era Culture History in the Southern Portion of the Fort Walton Area The General Fort Walton Chronology Woodland Early Fort Walton Middle Fort Walton Late Fort Walton Woodland-Mississippian Culture History in the Upper Apalachicola Valley and the Tallahassee Hills The Parrish Lake Phase: Early Weeden Island in the Upper Apalachicola Valley The Wakulla Phase and Late Woodland in the Tallahassee Hills The Cayson Phase The Lake Jackson Phase Models of Fort Walton Emergence General Considerations The Emergence of the Cayson Phase: Subsistence Costs and Information The Emergence of the Lake Jackson Phase: Demographic Expansion and Elite Alliances Conclusions 11 Trade and the Evolution of Exchange Relations at the Beginning of the Mississippian Period Brown James A. Kerber Richard A. Winters Howard D. Introduction The Place of Trade in Mississippian Period Studies Trade and Society Trade and Redistribution Prestige Goods Economy Models of Trade and Social Change The Context of Trade Between A.D. 800 and 1200 Raw Material Sources and their Identification Artifact-Oriented Research Trade in the Southeast Prestige Goods Long-Nose God Maskettes Spatulate Celts Repoussé Copper Plates Utilitarian Goods—The Mill Creek Hoe Case Fall-off Curve Study Shell Bead Valuables Contexts of Production The Organization of Production Spheres of Utility and Value Factors of Distribution Summary and Conclusions

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