Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland
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Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

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Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

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Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and public buildings, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory, iconography, and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the rural hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. 1. New Directions in Moundville Research
  11. 2. Social Archaeology of Monumental Spaces at Moundville
  12. 3. Long-Term Trends in the Making and Materialization of Social Groups at Moundville
  13. 4. Mound X and Selective Forgetting at Early Moundville
  14. 5. Was There a Moundville Medicine Society?
  15. 6. The Distribution of Hemphill-Style Artifacts at Moundville
  16. 7. Moundville Palettesā€”Prestige Goods or Inalienable Possessions?
  17. 8. Rural Settlement in the Black Warrior Valley
  18. 9. Late Prehistoric Social Practice in the Rural Black Warrior River Valley
  19. 10. Domestic and Ritual Meals in the Moundville Chiefdom
  20. 11. Crafting Moundville Palettes
  21. 12. Moundville as a Ceremonial Ground
  22. References
  23. List of Contributors
  24. Index