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The Savannah River Chiefdoms: Political Change in the Late Prehistoric Southeast

By David G. Anderson

Book information

Publisher
University Alabama Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0817307257, 9780817307257
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
38 MB (39978086 bytes)
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
480\481
Time added
2015-03-14 05:33:52

Description

This volume explores political change in chiefdoms, specifically how complex chiefdoms emerge and collapse, and how this process—called cycling—can be examined using archaeological, ethnohistoric, paleoclimatic, paleosubsistence, and physical anthropological data. The focus for the research is the prehistoric and initial contact-era Mississippian chiefdoms of the Southeastern United States, specifically the societies occupying the Savannah River basin from ca. A.D. 1000 to 1600. This regional focus and the multidisciplinary nature of the investigation provide a solid introduction to the Southeastern Mississippian archaeological record and the study of cultural evolution in general.

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