essay
The Oliver site and Early Moundville I Phase economic organization
archaeology of the moundville chiefdom • Washington, Dc • Published In 1998 • Pages: 167-182
By: Michals, Lauren M..
Abstract
Little is known about the economic relationship between Early Mississippian Moundville Phase populations (A.D. 1050 - 1150). Various classes of material recovered from midden deposits at the Oliver site … , an early Moundville I phase farmstead, are used to examine the relationships between outlying farmsteads, single-mound centers, and the emerging regional center of Moundville. A comparison between the Oliver site materal and early Moundville I phase material from the Asphalt Plant mound …and Moundville shows a general lack of difference in the ceramic remains but suggests that differential access to nonlocal material may have been present by this time. As a comparison, materal from Moundville II phase deposits at Moundville is also included in the discussion and indicates that clear status-related differences in material remains are evident during this later phase (p. 167).
- 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
- 950 BP - 850 BP (1050 A.D. - 1150 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- The Oliver Site, Early Moundville I Phase, Black Warrior River Valley, Alabama, United States
- Notes
- Lauren M. Michals
- For bibliographical references see document 21: [Knight and Steponaitis]
- LCCN
- 98006875
- LCSH
- Mississippian culture