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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Fauna
- Cultural participation
- Annual cycle
- Settlement patterns
- Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 800 BP - 400 BP (1200 A.D. - 1600 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tombigbee and Black Warrior Valleys, Mississippi and Alabama, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94044049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture