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Household archaeology at Cahokia and in its hinterlands
mississippian communities and households • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1995 • Pages: 32-57
By: Mehrer, Mark, Collins, James M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the American Bottom Region of Illinois and Missouri, Mehrer and Collins tackle the problem of understanding the changes that take place in households with the evolution of town life. Working with information from Cahokia and other sites in the region, they use households to explore the intricacies of social change associated with complex societies in this lowland area. They develop an operational model that traces major changes in village organization stretching from the Emergent Mississippian period through the rise and decline of Cahokia as a major center. Central to their analysis is the role of social power at the community and regional levels. For each period they consider the potential sources of authority and how these contribute to local patterns of organization (32: Rogers, pp. 3-4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Sociocultural trends
- Preservation and storage of food
- Grounds
- Settlement patterns
- Household
- 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
- 1975 - 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP - 600 BP (900 A.D. - 1400 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- American Bottom Region, Illinois and Missouri, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark W. Mehrer and James M. Collins
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94044049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture