LEADER 03640nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910455173103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8079-5 010 $a0-585-31580-9 035 $a(CKB)111004368623090 035 $a(EBL)454503 035 $a(OCoLC)609844500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000241410 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241410 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298747 035 $a(PQKB)11330001 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454503 035 $a(OCoLC)45733247 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387763 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368623090 100 $a19931202d1994 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Savannah River chiefdoms$b[electronic resource] $epolitical change in the late prehistoric Southeast /$fDavid G. Anderson 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 300 $aOriginally presented as author's dissertation (doctoral--University of Alabama, 1990). 311 $a0-8173-0725-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [379]-446) and index. 327 $aContents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Political Evolution and Cycling; 2. The Causes of Cycling; 3. Mississippian Political Change: Evidence from Ethnohistoric Accounts; 4. Mississippian Political Change: Evidence from Archaeological Research; 5. Evidence for Mississippian Occupation in the Savannah River Valley; 6. The Record of Political Change in the Savannah River Chiefdom's; 7. Political Change in the Savannah River Chiefdom's: Environmental Factors; 8. Political Change in the Savannah River Chiefdom's: Events at Particular Sites and General Trends 327 $a9. Exploring Political Change in Chiefdom Society Appendix A. Early Historic Descriptions of Mississippian Centers in the Savannah River Basim; Appendix B. Mississippian Cultural Sequences in the Savannah River Valley; References Cited; Index 330 $aThis volume explores political change in chiefdom's, specifically how complex chiefdom's emerge and collapse, and how this process-called cycling-can be examined using archaeological, ethnohistoric, paleoclimatic, paleosubsistence, and physical anthropological data. The focus for the research is the prehistoric and initial contact-era Mississippian chiefdom's of the Southeastern United States, specifically the societies occupying the Savannah River basin from ca. A.D. 1000 to 1600. This regional focus and the multidisciplinary nature of the investigation provide a solid introduction to 606 $aMississippian culture$zSavannah River Watershed (Ga. and S.C.) 606 $aChiefdoms$zSavannah River Watershed (Ga. and S.C.) 606 $aIndians of North America$zSavannah River Watershed (Ga. and S.C.)$xPolitics and government 606 $aIndians of North America$zSavannah River Watershed (Ga. and S.C.)$xAntiquities 607 $aSavannah River Watershed (Ga. and S.C.)$xAntiquities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMississippian culture 615 0$aChiefdoms 615 0$aIndians of North America$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xAntiquities. 676 $a975.8/101 700 $aAnderson$b David G.$f1949-$01051308 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455173103321 996 $aThe Savannah River chiefdoms$92484465 997 $aUNINA