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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778988103321

Autore

Blitz John Howard

Titolo

Ancient chiefdoms of the Tombigbee [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Blitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1993

ISBN

0-8173-8308-5

0-585-14079-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

976.1/2

Soggetti

Mississippian culture - Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.)

Chiefdoms - Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.)

Lubub Creek Mound (Ala.)

Tombigbee River Valley (Miss. and Ala.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Organizational Variability in Mississippian Societies; 3. The Cultural-Historical Context for the Mississippian Occupation Along the Central Tombigbee River; 4. Platform-Mound Excavation at Lubbub Creek; 5. Storage, Defense, and Chiefs; 6. Ceramic Distributions at Lubbub Creek; 7. Prestige Goods at Lubbub Creek and Beyond; 8. Interpretations and Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication  Within the last 50 years archaeologists have discovered that around the 10th century A.D., native southeastern peoples began a process of cultural change far more complex than anything that had occurred previously. These late prehistoric societies-known as Mississippian-have come to be regarded as chiefdoms. The chiefdoms are of great anthropological interest because in these kinds of societies social hierarchies or rank and status were first institutionalized.  Ancient Chiefdoms of the Tombigbee focuses