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New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River
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An in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 years
This volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal River on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a case study.
Crystal River was once among the most celebrated sites of the Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1050), consisting of ten mounds and large numbers of diverse artifacts from the Hopewell culture. But a lack of research using contemporary methods at this site—and nearby Roberts Island—limited a full understanding of what these sites could tell scholars. Thomas Pluckhahn and Victor Thompson reanalyze previous excavations and conduct new field investigations to tell the whole story of Crystal River from its beginnings as a ceremonial center through its growth into a large village to its decline at the turn of the first millennium while Roberts Island and other nearby areas thrived.
Comparing this community to similar sites on the Gulf Coast and in other areas of the world, Pluckhahn and Thompson argue that Crystal River is an example of an “early village society.” They illustrate that these early villages present important evidence in a larger debate regarding the role of competition versus cooperation in the development of human societies.
A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Crystal River and the Archaeology of Early Village Societies in the American Southeast (and Beyond)
- 2. Context
- 3. A Center Emerges
- 4. From Vacant Center to Early Village (Phase 1)
- 5. From Early Village to Regional Center (Phase 2)
- 6. From Regional Center to Mound-Residential Compound (Phase 3)
- 7. New Centers Emerge (Phase 4)
- 8. The Early Village at Crystal River in Broader Perspective
- Afterword: Why Early Villages Still Matter
- References Cited
- Index
- About the Author