essay
Population trends at Moundville
archaeology of the moundville chiefdom • Washington, Dc • Published In 1998 • Pages: 26-43
By: Steponaitis, Vincas P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
At Moundville, most midden deposits date to the Moundville I phase, but the vast majority of burials date to the Moundvill II and III phases. Relative abundances of sherds suggest that Moundville's resident population peaked between A.D. 1050 and 1300 and then precipitously declined. Between A.D. 1300 and 1550, the site was inhabited principally by elites and became a center of mortuary ritual for the region as a whole. Most of the dead buried in Moundville's cemeteries during the Moundville II and III phases were apparently brought in from outlying settlements (p. 26).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Ceramic technology
- Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 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
- 1100 BP - 350 BP (900 A.D. - 1650 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Moundville, Black Warrior River, west-central Alabama, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vincas P. Steponaitis
- For bibliographical references see document 21: [Knight and Steponaitis]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98006875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture