essay
Outlying sites within the Moundville chiefdom
archaeology of the moundville chiefdom • Washington, Dc • Published In 1998 • Pages: 133-166
By: Welch, Paul D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Moundville chiefdom consisted not just of the people living at the political center at Moundville but also of the population living at outlying mound and nonmound sites. Archaeological survey and test excavations at outlying sites during the late twentieth century have considerably improved out knowledge of the chronology, geographic distribution, size and social composition of these outlying sites and of the kinds of activities that were undertaken at them. Coupled with our revised understanding of the chronology of occupation and construction at Moundville, our current understanding of the chiefdom's settlement pattern -- it political geography -- has changed from interpretations offered in previous publications (p. 133). This article summarizes current knowledge about the outlying sites within the Moundville chiefdom and concludes with a review of the Moundville polity's changing settlement pattern.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological survey methods
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Miscellaneous structures
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- 1978-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP - 300 BP (900 A.D. - 1700 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Moundville Chiefdom, Black Warrior River Area, Alabama, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul D. Welch
- For bibliographical references see document 21: [Knight and Steponaitis]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98006875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture