essay
Mississippian household and community organization in eastern Tennessee
mississippian communities and households • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1995 • Pages: 99-123
By: Sullivan, Lynne P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lynne P. Sullivan evaluates the consequences of recognizing diversity in archaeological complexes by considering the multiple models that may be used to accept or reject the idea of Mouse Creek phase, Dallas phase, and historic Overhill Cherokee as a continuum of cultural change. Comparing information from the Dallas phase Toqua site, the Mouse Creek phase Ledford Island site, and the Cherokee Chota-Tanasee site, she looks at the nature of household and community organization through analysis of population parameters and architectural variability. While individual households appear relatively consistent throughout the chronological sequence, differing patterns of community organization and social ranking and patterning in burials provide support for reevaluating models that seek normative continuities in favor of more detained models that address the implications of diversity in these three societies (32: Rogers, pp. 4-5).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Comparative evidence
- Cultural participation
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- Household
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mississippian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 700 BP - 401 BP (1300 A.D. - 1599 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Tennessee, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lynne P. Sullivan
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94044049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture