essay
Kolomoki and the development of sociopolitical organization on the Gulf coastal plain
world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 181-196
By: Steinen, Karl T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Steinen briefly describes the Kolomoki and Mandeville sites. Kolomoki had '…many of the characteristics of a Mississippian civic center-large truncated mound, crescent-shaped village area, and elaborate burial mounds-but lacks other features such as village burials, fortifications, strong indications of a stratified society, and the elaborate status markers known from sites such as Moundville, Lake Jackson, and Etowah.' (page 181). The archaeological evidence from Kolomoki, however, does show that some social differentiation existed. Steinen then goes on to discuss some other models that attempt to explain the rise and fall of Kolomoki and to propose one of his own. Steinen's model incorporates environmental setting, land use, settlement patterns, and the development of maize agriculture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Settlement patterns
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Woodland
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Swift Creek to Weeden Island I; 1750 BP-1400 BP (250 A.D.-600 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kolomoki site, southwest Georgia, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karl T. Steinen
- For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98009001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture