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The archaeology of everyday life at early Moundville /

Complex Mississippian polities were neither developed nor sustained in a vacuum. A broad range of small-scale social groups played a variety of roles in the emergence of regionally organized political hierarchies that governed large-scale ceremonial centers. Recent research has revealed the extent t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, Gregory D., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008.
Colección:Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Complex Mississippian polities were neither developed nor sustained in a vacuum. A broad range of small-scale social groups played a variety of roles in the emergence of regionally organized political hierarchies that governed large-scale ceremonial centers. Recent research has revealed the extent to which interactions among corporately organized clans led to the development, success, and collapse of Moundville. These insights into Moundville's social complexity are based primarily on the study of monumental architecture and mortuary ceremonialism. Less is known about how everyday domestic pra.
Notas:"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--Preliminary page
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index.
ISBN:9780817382346
0817382348