essay
Mississippian homestead and village subsistence organization: contrasts in large-mammal remains from two sites in the Tombigbee Valley
mississippian communities and households • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1995 • Pages: 181-200
By: Jackson, H. Edwin, Scott, Susan L..
Abstract
This work focuses on the particulars of subsistence similarities and differences between dispersed residential groups and those living in nucleated settlements in the Tombigbee valley of western Alabama. The authors concentrate on the flow of resources between dispersed settlements and higher-order mound centers, especially the provisioning of elites. By comparing seasonality and butchering patterns for faunal assemblages from the Yarborough homestead and the Lubbub Creek ceremonial center and village, Jackson and Scott are able to establish patterns of interaction that may reflect tribute relationships or, at least, avenues of exchange. In this region the residents at small sites were apparently an important link in the subsistence economy of elites (32: Rogers, pp. 5-6).
- 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
- 800 BP - 400 BP (1200 A.D. - 1600 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Tombigbee and Black Warrior Valleys, Mississippi and Alabama, United States
- Notes
- H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCN
- 94044049
- LCSH
- Mississippian culture