Ceramics, Chronology and Community Patterns: An Archaeological Study at Moundville

by Vincas P. Steponaitis (Editor), Stuart Struever (Adapted by)

Overview

This book should prove useful to scholars in a variety of ways, for it deals with culture-historical, methodological, and evolutionary issues from shedding light on Moundville’s development. In addressing matters of culture history, the study presents a detailed and well documented Mississippian chronology. It systemises and describes the late prehistoric ceramics from an important site, providing a benchmark that can be used in future studies of trade and stylistic interaction. And, perhaps even more importantly, it synthesizes the available information on Moundville’s development, taking into account settlement, subsistence, and mortuary evidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780126662801
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/28/1982
Series:	Studies in Archaeology
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	7.48(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Vincas P. Steponaitis is Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, and Chair of the Curriculum in Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.