The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America
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The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America

  1. 233 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America

About this book

The emergence of village societies out of hunter-gatherer groups profoundly transformed social relations in every part of the world where such communities formed. Drawing on the latest archaeological and historical evidence, this volume explores the development of villages in eastern North America from the Late Archaic period to the eighteenth century. Sites analyzed here include the Kolomoki village in Georgia, Mississippian communities in Tennessee, palisaded villages in the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia, and Iroquoian settlements in New York and Ontario. Contributors use rich data sets and contemporary social theory to describe what these villages looked like, what their rules and cultural norms were, what it meant to be a villager, what cosmological beliefs and ritual systems were held at these sites, and how villages connected with each other in regional networks. They focus on how power dynamics played out at the local level and among interacting communities. Highlighting the similarities and differences in the histories of village formation in the region, these essays trace the processes of negotiation, cooperation, and competition that arose as part of village life and changed societies. This volume shows how studying these village communities helps archaeologists better understand the forces behind human cultural change.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Foreword: Crafting Community and Identity in the Eastern Woodlands
  8. 1. The Power of Villages
  9. 2. Collective Action and Village Life during the Late Archaic on the Georgia Coast
  10. 3. Powers of Place in the Predestined Middle Woodland Village
  11. 4. Size Matters: Kolomoki (9ER1) and the Power of the Hypertrophic Village
  12. 5. When Villages Do Not Form: A Case Study from the Piedmont Village Traditionā€“Mississippian Borderlands, AD 1200ā€“1600
  13. 6. Initial Northern Iroquoian Coalescence
  14. 7. The Path to the Council House: The Development of Mississippian Communities in Southeast Tennessee
  15. 8. The Village Remains the Same: A Fort Ancient Example
  16. 9. Population Aggregation and the Emergence of Circular Villages in Southwest Virginia
  17. 10. The Power of Powhatan Towns: Socializing Manitou in the Algonquian Chesapeake
  18. 11. From Nucleated Villages to Dispersed Networks: Transformations in Seneca Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Community Structure, circa AD 1669ā€“1779
  19. 12. It Took a Childe to Raze the Village
  20. List of Contributors
  21. Index