The Archaeology Of Houses And Households In The Native Southeast

Author : Benjamin A. Steere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
ISBN : 0817391193

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The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast by Benjamin A. Steere Pdf

"This book explores changes in houses and households in the southeastern United States from the Woodland to the Historic Indian Period (ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 1800). Most studies of domestic architecture in the Southeast have been conducted at the single-site scale. As a result, broader spatial and temporal patterns of variation in houses and households are not well understood. To address this problem, Steere constructed a database that catalogues the architectural features of 1,258 structures from 65 sites in the Southern Appalachian region and surrounding areas. Significant trends identified by this comparative study include changes in the size and spacing of houses, changes in architectural investment, and a secular trend toward the increasing segmentation of houses. Using a theoretical framework developed from household archaeology and anthropology, Steere argues that certain aspects of this architectural variation can be explained by changes in household economics and household composition, symbolic behavior, status differentiation, and settlement patterning. More generally, he proposes that large-scale patterns of diachronic and synchronic variation in domestic architecture are best explained by changes in social organization"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Benjamin A. Steere
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780817319496

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The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast by Benjamin A. Steere Pdf

"This book explores changes in houses and households in the southeastern United States from the Woodland to the Historic Indian Period (ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 1800). Most studies of domestic architecture in the Southeast have been conducted at the single-site scale. As a result, broader spatial and temporal patterns of variation in houses and households are not well understood. To address this problem, Steere constructed a database that catalogues the architectural features of 1,258 structures from 65 sites in the Southern Appalachian region and surrounding areas. Significant trends identified by this comparative study include changes in the size and spacing of houses, changes in architectural investment, and a secular trend toward the increasing segmentation of houses. Using a theoretical framework developed from household archaeology and anthropology, Steere argues that certain aspects of this architectural variation can be explained by changes in household economics and household composition, symbolic behavior, status differentiation, and settlement patterning. More generally, he proposes that large-scale patterns of diachronic and synchronic variation in domestic architecture are best explained by changes in social organization"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Elizabeth Watts Malouchos,Alleen Betzenhauser
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780817320881

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Reconsidering Mississippian Communities and Households by Elizabeth Watts Malouchos,Alleen Betzenhauser Pdf

Explores the archaeology of Mississippian communities and households using new data and advances in method and theory Published in 1995, Mississippian Communities and Households, edited by J. Daniel Rogers and Bruce D. Smith, was a foundational text that advanced southeastern archaeology in significant ways and brought household-level archaeology to the forefront of the field. Reconsidering Mississippian Communitiesand Households revisits and builds on what has been learned in the years since the Rogers and Smith volume, advancing the field further with the diverse perspectives of current social theory and methods and big data as applied to communities in Native America from the AD 900s to 1700s and from northeast Florida to southwest Arkansas. Watts Malouchos and Betzenhauser bring together scholars researching diverse Mississippian Southeast and Midwest sites to investigate aspects of community and household construction, maintenance, and dissolution. Thirteen original case studies prove that community can be enacted and expressed in various ways, including in feasting, pottery styles, war and conflict, and mortuary treatments.

Author : Lacey B. Carpenter,Anna Marie Prentiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000464917

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Archaeology of Households, Kinship, and Social Change by Lacey B. Carpenter,Anna Marie Prentiss Pdf

Archaeology of Households, Kinship, and Social Change offers new perspectives on the processes of social change from the standpoint of household archaeology. This volume develops new theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeology of households pursuing three critical themes: household diversity in human residential communities with and without archaeologically identifiable houses, interactions within and between households that explicitly considers impacts of kin and non-kin relationships, and lastly change as a process that involves the choices made by members of households in the context of larger societal constraints. Encompassing these themes, authors explore the role of social ties and their material manifestations (within the house, dwelling, or other constructed space), how the household relates to other social units, how households consolidate power and control over resources, and how these changes manifest at multiple scales. The case studies presented in this volume have broader implications for understanding the drivers of change, the ways households create the contexts for change, and how households serve as spaces for invention, reaction, and/or resistance. Understanding the nature of relationships within households is necessary for a more complete understanding of communities and regions as these ties are vital to explaining how and why societies change. Taking a comparative outlook, with case studies from around the world, this volume will inform students and professionals researching household archaeology and be of interest to other disciplines concerned with the relationship between social networks and societal change.

Author : David G. Anderson,Kenneth E. Sassaman
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646425594

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Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology by David G. Anderson,Kenneth E. Sassaman Pdf

This book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series represents a period-by-period synthesis of southeastern prehistory designed for high school and college students, avocational archaeologists, and interested members of the general public. It also serves as a basic reference for professional archaeologists worldwide on the record of a remarkable region.

Author : Zackary I. Gilmore,Jason M. O'Donoughue
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817318505

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The Archaeology of Events by Zackary I. Gilmore,Jason M. O'Donoughue Pdf

These perspectives are applied to a broad range of archeological contexts stretching across the Southeast and spanning more than 7,000 years of the region's pre-Columbian history. New data suggest that several of this region's most pivotal historical developments, such as the founding of Cahokia, the transformation of Moundville from urban center to vacated necropolis, and the construction of Poverty Point's Mound A, were not protracted incremental processes, but rather watershed moments that significantly altered the long-term trajectories of indigenous Southeastern societies. In addition to exceptional occurrences that impacted entire communities or peoples, Southeastern archaeologists are increasingly recognizing the historical importance of localized, everyday events, such as building a house, crafting a pot, or depositing shell.

Author : David G. Anderson,John E. Cornelison,Sarah C. Sherwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050649735

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Archeological Investigations at Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark (40HR7) by David G. Anderson,John E. Cornelison,Sarah C. Sherwood Pdf

Author : Nancy Marie White
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817361310

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Apalachicola Valley Archaeology, Volume 2 by Nancy Marie White Pdf

Synthesizes the archaeology of the Apalachicola-lower Chattahoochee Valley region of northwest Florida, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia, from 1,300 years ago to recent times

Author : Rory Becker,Kenneth L. Kvamme,Jay K. Johnson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780817319595

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Archaeological Remote Sensing in North America by Rory Becker,Kenneth L. Kvamme,Jay K. Johnson Pdf

10. Anthropologically Focused Geophysical Surveys and Public Archaeology: Engaging Present-Day Agents in Placemaking - Edward R. Henry, Philip B. Mink II, and W. Stephen McBride -- Part 4. Earthen Mound Construction and Composition -- 11. The Role of Geophysics in Evaluating Structural Variation in Middle Woodland Mounds in the Lower Illinois River Valley - Jason L. King, Duncan P. McKinnon, Jason T. Herrmann, Jane E. Buikstra, and Taylor H. Thornton -- 12. The Anthropological Potential of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Southeastern Earthen Mound Investigations: A Case Study from Letchworth Mounds, Tallahassee, Florida - Daniel P. Bigman and Daniel M. Seinfeld -- 13. Exploring the Deepest Reaches of Arkansas's Tallest Mounds with Electrical Resistivity Tomography - James Zimmer-Dauphinee -- Part 5. Commentary -- 14. A Decade of Geophysics and Remote Sensing in North American Archaeology: Practices, Advances, and Trends - Kenneth L. Kvamme -- References -- Contributors -- Index

Author : Alice P. Wright
Publisher : Archaeology of the American So
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817320409

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Garden Creek by Alice P. Wright Pdf

Presents archaeological data to explore the concept of glocalization as applied in the Hopewell world

Author : Lucas C. Kellett,Eric Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317369677

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Settlement Ecology of the Ancient Americas by Lucas C. Kellett,Eric Jones Pdf

In this exciting new volume several leading researchers use settlement ecology, an emerging approach to the study of archaeological settlements, to examine the spatial arrangement of prehistoric settlement patterns across the Americas. Positioned at the intersection of geography, human ecology, anthropology, economics and archaeology, this diverse collection showcases successful applications of the settlement ecology approach in archaeological studies and also discusses associated techniques such as GIS, remote sensing and statistical and modeling applications. Using these methodological advancements the contributors investigate the specific social, cultural and environmental factors which mediated the placement and arrangement of different sites. Of particular relevance to scholars of landscape and settlement archaeology, Settlement Ecology of the Ancient Americas provides fresh insights not only into past societies, but also present and future populations in a rapidly changing world.

Author : Stephen B. Carmody,Casey R. Barrier
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780817320423

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Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief by Stephen B. Carmody,Casey R. Barrier Pdf

Archaeological case studies consider material evidence of religion and ritual in the pre-Columbian Eastern Woodlands Archaeologists today are interpretin g Native American religion and ritual in the distant past in more sophisticated ways, considering new understandings of the ways that Native Americans themselves experienced them. Shaman, Priest, Practice, Belief: Materials of Ritual and Religion in Eastern North America broadly considers Native American religion and ritual in eastern North America and focuses on practices that altered and used a vast array of material items as well as how physical spaces were shaped by religious practices. Unbound to a single theoretical perspective of religion, contributors approach ritual and religion in diverse ways. Importantly, they focus on how people in the past practiced religion by altering and using a vast array of material items, from smoking pipes, ceremonial vessels, carved figurines, and iconographic images, to sacred bundles, hallucinogenic plants, revered animals, and ritual architecture. Contributors also show how physical spaces were shaped by religious practice, and how rock art, monuments, soils and special substances, and even land- and cityscapes were part of the active material worlds of religious agents. Case studies, arranged chronologically, cover time periods ranging from the Paleoindian period (13,000–7900 BC) to the late Mississippian and into the protohistoric/contact periods. The geographical scope is much of the greater southeastern and southern Midwestern culture areas of the Eastern Woodlands, from the Central and Lower Mississippi River Valleys to the Ohio Hopewell region, and from the greater Ohio River Valley down through the Deep South and across to the Carolinas. Contributors Sarah E. Baires / Melissa R. Baltus / Casey R. Barrier / James F. Bates / Sierra M. Bow / James A. Brown / Stephen B. Carmody / Meagan E. Dennison / Aaron Deter-Wolf / David H. Dye / Bretton T. Giles / Cameron Gokee / Kandace D. Hollenbach / Thomas A. Jennings / Megan C. Kassabaum / John E. Kelly / Ashley A. Peles / Tanya M. Peres / Charlotte D. Pevny / Connie M. Randall / Jan F. Simek / Ashley M. Smallwood / Renee B. Walker / Alice P. Wright

Author : Attila Gyucha,Roderick B. Salisbury
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803270913

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The Archaeology of Nucleation in the Old World by Attila Gyucha,Roderick B. Salisbury Pdf

Fourteen papers take advantage of advances in archaeological methods and theory to explore the role of the built environment in expressing and shaping community organization and identity at prehistoric and historic nucleated settlements and early cities in the Old World.

Author : Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1621905047

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Native American Log Cabins in the Southeast by Gregory A. Waselkov Pdf

"Waselkov's collection of essays on Native American log cabins in the southeast stems from a session presented for the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) in Athens, Georgia. The essays range in focus from Cherokee domestic space to Seminole architecture to the influence of enslaved Africans in the region"--

Author : Nancy Gonlin
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607321743

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Ancient Households of the Americas by Nancy Gonlin Pdf

In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households. Several different cultures-Iroquois, Coosa, Anasazi, Hohokam, San Agustín, Wankarani, Formative Gulf Coast Mexico, and Formative, Classic, Colonial, and contemporary Maya-are analyzed through the lens of household archaeology in concrete, data-driven case studies. The text is divided into three sections: Section I examines the spatial and social organization and context of household production; Section II looks at the role and results of households as primary producers; and Section III investigates the role of, and interplay among, households in their greater political and socioeconomic communities. In the past few decades, household archaeology has made substantial contributions to our understanding and explanation of the past through the documentation of the household as a social unit-whether small or large, rural or urban, commoner or elite. These case studies from a broad swath of the Americas make Ancient Households of the Americas extremely valuable for continuing the comparative interdisciplinary study of households.