04061nam 2200793 a 450 991082013010332120230207230355.00-8173-8121-X(CKB)1000000000774951(EBL)454553(OCoLC)567999132(SSID)ssj0000187504(PQKBManifestationID)11179887(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187504(PQKBWorkID)10143045(PQKB)10422356(SSID)ssj0000362228(PQKBManifestationID)12082363(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362228(PQKBWorkID)10380544(PQKB)11047935(MiAaPQ)EBC454553(MdBmJHUP)muse8650(Au-PeEL)EBL454553(CaPaEBR)ebr10309038(EXLCZ)99100000000077495120071211d2008 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrKing[electronic resource] the social archaeology of a late Mississippian town in northwestern Georgia /David J. HallyTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (616 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5460-3 0-8173-1604-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-573) and index.The nature of Mississippian society -- The natural, cultural, and historical context of the King Site -- Site excavations -- Domestic architecture -- Public architecture -- Burial descriptions -- Household and community -- Analysis of burial attribute associations -- Artifact co-occurrences -- Artifact co-occurrences among adult males -- Community and polity in northwestern Georgia -- Contents of accompanying compact disc: Appendix A: Description of primary domestic structures; Appendix B: Description of rectangular structures; Appendix C: Burial data; Appendix D: Stratigraphic characteristics of disturbed, intrusive, and multiple burials; Appendix E: Age and sex identification of burials; Appendix F: Burial assignment of grave goods in multiple and intrusive burials; Appendix G: Location of burials; Appendix H: Location of postholes and features.At the time of Spanish contact in A.D. 1540, the Mississippian inhabitants of the great valley in northwestern Georgia and adjacent portions of Alabama and Tennessee were organized into a number of chiefdom's distributed along the Coosa and Tennessee rivers and their major tributaries. The administrative centers of these polities were large settlements with one or more platforms mounds and a plaza. Each had a large resident population, but most polity members lived in a half dozen or so towns located within a day's walk of the center. This book is about one such town, located on theIndians of North AmericaGeorgiaAntiquitiesSocial archaeologyGeorgiaExcavations (Archaeology)GeorgiaMississippian cultureGeorgiaIndians of North AmericaGeorgiaSocial conditions16th centurySocial statusGeorgiaHistory16th centuryHouseholdsGeorgiaHistory16th centuryCommunity lifeGeorgiaHistory16th centurySpaniardsGeorgiaHistory16th centuryKing Site (Ga.)Indians of North AmericaAntiquities.Social archaeologyExcavations (Archaeology)Mississippian cultureIndians of North AmericaSocial conditionsSocial statusHistoryHouseholdsHistoryCommunity lifeHistorySpaniardsHistory975.8/35Hally David J1607973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820130103321King3934455UNINA