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Author Wilson, Gregory D., 1969-

Title The archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville / Gregory D. Wilson.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Dan Josselyn memorial publication.
Note "A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--Preliminary page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 domestic pra.
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Subject Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)
Mississippian culture -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley.
Mississippian culture.
Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley.
Mississippian pottery -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley.
Mississippian pottery.
Social archaeology -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley.
Social archaeology.
Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wilson, Gregory D., 1969- Archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008 9780817315795 0817315799 (DLC) 2007026077 (OCoLC)152580703
ISBN 9780817382346 (electronic book)
0817382348 (electronic book)
9780817315795 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817315799 (alkaline paper)
9780817354442 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0817354441 (alkaline paper)

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