Book
Mississippian political economy
Plenum Press • New York • Published In 1997 • Pages: xiii, 455
By: Muller, Jon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is primarily a detailed study of the political economy of Mississippian society during the period of approximately 900 to 1500 A.D. After defining the concept of 'political economy', the author presents data on the political authority of chiefs, culture history, geography of the region, material conditions of everyday life, population profiles, and Mississippian production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Miscellaneous food processing and packing industries
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Exchange and transfers
- Occupational specialization
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1100 BP - 500 BP (900 A.D. - 1500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jon Muller
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-444) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97016721
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture