The archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville [[electronic resource] /] / Gregory D. Wilson

• Autore: Wilson Gregory D. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.1/43
• Soggetto topico: Mississippian culture - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley; Mississippian pottery - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley; Social archaeology - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley
• Soggetto geografico: Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.); Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--P. facing t.p.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Mississippian communities and households -- Moundville households in space and time -- Architecture and community organization -- Ceramics at early Moundville -- Discussion and conclusions -- Appendix 1: Architectural data -- Appendix 2: Counts and frequencies of all sherds by context.
• Sommario/riassunto: Complex Mississippian polities were neither developed nor sustained in a vacuum. A broad range of small-scale social groups played a variety of roles in the emergence of regionally organized political hierarchies that governed large-scale ceremonial centers. Recent research has revealed the extent to which interactions among corporately organized clans led to the development, success, and collapse of Moundville. These insights into Moundville's social complexity are based primarily on the study of monumental architecture and mortuary ceremonialism. Less is known about how everyday domesti
• Titolo autorizzato: The archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville
• ISBN: 0-8173-8234-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454466303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II