02865nam 2200613Ia 450 991081401920332120200520144314.00-8173-8343-3(CKB)2670000000030172(EBL)547637(OCoLC)648711527(SSID)ssj0000458253(PQKBManifestationID)11303109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458253(PQKBWorkID)10440263(PQKB)11321867(OCoLC)652427367(MdBmJHUP)muse9140(Au-PeEL)EBL547637(CaPaEBR)ebr10408265(MiAaPQ)EBC547637(EXLCZ)99267000000003017220000605d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom quarry to cornfield[electronic resource] the political economy of Mississippian hoe production /Charles R. CobbTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20001 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1050-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-249) and index.A day in the life -- Specialization, exchange, and power in small-scale societies and chiefdoms -- Exchanging chert, consuming chert -- Rethinking the organization of lithic technology -- Life in the Mississippian uplands -- The regional structure of Hoe production -- Hoe production and the domestic economy -- Production and power: defining scales. From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to the agriculture of Mississippian communities. Lithic specialist Charles Cobb examines the political economy in Mississippian communities through a case study of raw material procurement and hoe production and usage at the Mill Creek site on Dillow Ridge in southwest Illinois. Cobb outlines the day-to-day activities in a Mississippian chiefdom village that flourished from about A.D. 1250 to 1500. In so doing, he provides a fascinating window Hoes, PrehistoricMississippi River ValleyMississippian cultureIndians of North AmericaIllinoisAntiquitiesMill Creek Site (Ill.)IllinoisAntiquitiesMississippi River ValleyAntiquitiesHoes, PrehistoricMississippian culture.Indians of North AmericaAntiquities.977/.01Cobb Charles R(Charles Richard),1956-1645187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814019203321From quarry to cornfield3991499UNINA