essay
Social differentiation in Mississippian and Fort Ancient societies
mississippian communities and households • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1995 • Pages: 58-80
By: Nass, John P., Yerkes, Richard W..
Abstract
Although Nass and Yerkes are concerned with social power and the organization of small communities, their focus in this article is less on change through time and more on the particulars of recognizing the material correlates of differential power within communities. Here, specifically, they compare the settlement organization associated with Cahokia and Fort Ancient complexes. They note that the type of multi-tiered settlement system Melvin Fowler (1978) described for the Cahokia region does not exist in the Upper Ohio valley. Given this type of variability, they ask whether or not differences in the settlement systems reflect acutal differences in social organization, as is often assumed. Through detailed analyses of lithic tool function, artifact distributions, and feature morphology, they compare the sites of Labras Lake and Sun Watch Village (of the Fort Ancient tradition) to determine how leadership might have been organized at the community level (32: Rogers, p. 4).
- 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
- 1200 BP - 600 BP (800 A.D. - 1400 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- southeastern United States
- Notes
- John P. Nass, Jr. and Richard W. Yerkes
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCN
- 94044049
- LCSH
- Mississippian culture