Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

Steponaitis, Vincas P., (editor.). Scarry, C. Margaret, (editor.).

Summary:

"The Moundville archaeological site, located in Alabama, is well-known as a prime example of a Mississippian mound complex. Building upon the 1998 volume 'Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom, ' this volume closes the information gap and presents the results of ongoing and multifaceted research into the life of the people of the Moundville chiefdom"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813061665
ISBN: 0813061660
Physical Description: xx, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Copyright: �2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. New directions in Moundville research / Vincas P. Steponaitis and C. Margaret Scarry -- 2. Social archaeology of monumental spaces at Moundville / Vernon James Knight Jr. -- 3. Long-term trends in the making and materialization of social groups at Moundville / Gregory D. Wilson -- 4. Mound X and selective forgetting at early Moundville / John H. Blitz -- 5. Was there a Moundville medicine society? / George E. Lankford -- 6. The distribution of Hemphill-style artifacts at Moundville / Erin E. Phillips -- 7. Moundville palettes : prestige goods or inalienable possessions? / Vincas P. Steponaitis -- 8. Rural settlement in the Black Warrior Valley / Scott W. Hammerstedt, Mintcy D. Maxham, and Jennifer L. Myer -- 9. Late prehistoric social practice in the rural Black Warrior River Valley / John F. Scarry, H. Edwin Jackson, and Mintcy D. Maxham -- 10. Domestic and ritual meals in the Moundville chiefdom / H. Edwin Jackson, C. Margaret Scarry, and Susan Scott -- 11. Crafting Moundville palettes / Jera R. Davis -- 12. Moundville as a ceremonial ground / C. Margaret Scarry and Vincas P. Steponaitis.