essay
The analysis of single-household Mississippian settlements
mississippian communities and households • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1995 • Pages: 224-249
By: Smith, Bruce D. (Bruce David).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Smith provides an overview of work on homestead-type sites in light of five fundamental research questions. Beginning with the work at the Powers phase Gypsy Joint site, Smith evaluates a variety of fundamental interpretations of small-scale Mississippian settlements. Several conclusions point to gaps in our knowledge that are often glossed over through use of widely accepted, but undemonstrated, interpretive conventions. In other ways there have been real advances, as through the contributions of several large excavation projects and such methodologies as microwear analysis (32: Rogers, p. 6).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Annual cycle
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Medium of exchange
- Labor and leisure
- Occupational specialization
- Household
- Community structure
- 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
- 1100 BP - 500 BP (900 A.D. - 1500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Powers Phase, Gypsy Joint Site, American Bottom, southeast Missouri, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bruce D. Smith
- For bibliographical references see document 31:[Rogers and Smith]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94044049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture