essay

Mississippian sociocultural adaptation

cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwest • Urbana • Published In 1991 • Pages: 297-310

By: Muller, Jon, Stephens, Jeanette E..

Abstract

According to the authors Mississippian studies suffer from the use of concepts that are no longer consistent with redefined archaeological goals. The term 'Mississippian', for example, was originally used to refer to a ceramic complex but over the years it has come to be used by some scholars as a descriptive term for nearly all of the late prehistoric societies of the eastern Woodlands, while others have attempted to restrict the concept to only a few of these societies. This paper attempts to clarify the adaptive features that may be considered to be Mississippian and reassess the terminology applied to those societies of the late prehistoric period (P. 297).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2005

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1100 BP - 500 BP (900 A.D. - 1500 A.D.)

Coverage Place

southeastern United States

Notes

Jon Muller and Jeanette E. Stephens

'Published in cooperation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.' For bibliographical references see document 2: Emerson and Lewis

LCCN

90010759

LCSH

Mississippian culture