essay
A new history of Moundville
archaeology of the moundville chiefdom • Washington, Dc • Published In 1998 • Pages: 1-25
By: Knight, Vernon J., Steponaitis, Vincas P..
Abstract
By the late twentieth century there have been several advances in archaeologist's understanding of the specifics of Moundville' s developmental history. For example, critical segments of the regional chronology have been refined. Differences between early and late Moundville I phase communities have come into sharper focus, incipient chronologies of mounds and midden deposits have evolved based on diagnostic sherds, and palisades have been firmly dated. In this article the authors synthesize these and other refinements according to the following scheme: intensification of local production (A.D. 900 - 1050); initial centralization (A.D. 1050 - 1200); regional consolidation (A.D. 1200 - 1300); the paramountcy entrenched (A.D. 1300 - 1450; and collapse and reorganization (A.D. 1450 - 1650). [p. 1)
- 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 - 350 BP (900 A.D. - 1650 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Moundville, Black Warrior River, west-central Alabama, United States
- Notes
- Vernon James Knight Jr. and Vincas P. Steponaitis
- For bibliographical references see document 21: [Knight and Steponaitis]
- LCCN
- 98006875
- LCSH
- Mississippian culture