02730nam 2200613 a 450 991082534270332120240505154910.00-8173-8177-5(CKB)2550000000005620(EBL)475229(OCoLC)609852662(SSID)ssj0000366384(PQKBManifestationID)11230011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366384(PQKBWorkID)10413977(PQKB)11706105(MdBmJHUP)muse8682(Au-PeEL)EBL475229(CaPaEBR)ebr10387752(MiAaPQ)EBC475229(EXLCZ)99255000000000562020070420d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSunwatch Fort Ancient development in the Mississippian world /Robert A. Cook1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1590-X 0-8173-5458-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-182) and index.To be Mississippian or not to be Mississippian? -- Fort Ancient and the range of Mississippian social complexity -- An approach to the problem -- Corporate behavior in space and time -- Development of village leadership -- Periphery peers -- A model of Fort Ancient village development.The last prehistoric cultures to inhabit the Middle Ohio Valley (ca. A.D. 1000-1650) are referred to as Fort Ancient societies, which exhibited a wide variety of Mississippian period characteristics. What is less well-known and little understood are the social processes by which Mississippian characteristics spread to Fort Ancient communities. Through a comprehensive study of SunWatch, one of the few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient settlements, the author focuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas asFort Ancient cultureOhio River ValleyMississippian cultureOhio River ValleySocial archaeologyOhio River ValleySunwatch Site (Dayton, Ohio)Ohio River ValleyAntiquitiesFort Ancient cultureMississippian cultureSocial archaeology973.1/73Cook Robert A(Robert Allen),1970-1685622MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825342703321Sunwatch4057901UNINA