The late prehistoric Cahokia cultural system of the Mississippi River valley: Foundations, florescence, and fragmentation

Milner, George R.

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“…Briefly, Yerkes's (1983Yerkes's ( , 1989 identification of microliths used in the manufacture of shell beads prompted Prentice's (1983Prentice's ( , 1985 suggestion that this production was organized as a ''cottage industry'' among farmsteads in the American Bottom region of Illinois. This interpretation was rebutted by archaeologists of very diverse theoretical persuasions (Milner 1990;Muller 1984Muller , 1997Pauketat 1987aPauketat , 1997c. The debate broadened to encompass related issues: whether production was truly specialized or simply localized; whether it was undertaken by specialists subsidized by (attached to) elites or by elites themselves; and whether the scale of production rose to the level of ''craft'' or simply reflected the sort of parttime, auxiliary activities common to households.…”

Section: Household Production and Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Pluckhahn

2010

J Archaeol Res

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This review highlights archaeological investigations of prehistoric and historic households in southeastern North America. There are a number of inherent challenges to the archaeology of households in the region, including generally poor preservation and a long history of relatively insubstantial domestic architecture. An appraisal of the historical development of household archaeology developed slowly in the Southeast, largely in reaction to trends in other areas of the world. Over the last decade, however, southeastern archaeologists have been at the vanguard of the application of new approaches to households. From an early focus on generalizable patterns of domestic activities and behavior, researchers increasingly view households as historical constructs situated within larger landscapes. Prominent areas of concern include enduring issues such as status variation, production, and consumption but also newer themes such as gender, identity and ethnicity, agency and power, and ritual and symbolism. Some of the most innovative studies explore the intersections of these topics. Conceptual and methodological challenges remain, but the household endures as a practical and productive focus of analysis and interpretation for southeastern archaeologists more than 30 years after household research in the area began.

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Section: Household Production and Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Pluckhahn

2010

J Archaeol Res

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“…One recent speculative scenario sees Cahokia as a product of the Toltec empire (Kehoe, 1992). However, neither the urban and mercantile inferences nor the Mexican connection is warranted by empirical evidence (Griffin, 1993;Milner, 1990Milner, , 1991Milner, , 1996Muller, 1984). In fact, archaeological data from greater Cahokia, discussed later, support alternate macroregional explanations.…”

Section: Macroregional Processesmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…The rural Mississippian "dispersed village" pattern (Emerson, 1992;Emerson and Milner, 1981;Milner, 1990;Milner et al, 1984), that is, did not evolve gradually as an energy-efficient response to external stimuli (contra Mehrer, 1995;Muller and Stephens, 1991). That it was an efficient agricultural strategy, however, might nonetheless help explain its centralized origins and its apparent success (Pauketat, 1994, p. 182).…”

Section: Environment Versus Agencymentioning

confidence: 96%

“…There is no mortuary evidence of status differentiation in the American Bottom before A.D. 1050 (Milner, 1984b(Milner, , 1990. A possible two-tiered settlement hierarchy, special buildings in central courtyards, and centrally manufactured seed jars and bowls suggest, at most, small-scale Emergent Mississippian polities in the American Bottom (J.…”

Section: Social Status and Community Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Saitta, 1994). Mississippianism, ineluding the Cahokian variety, is seen as a uniform adaptation to floodplain environments across the Southeast regardless of variant regional conditions or iconographic manifestations (Milner, 1990;Muller, 1989;Muller and Stephens, 1991).…”

Section: Environment Versus Agencymentioning

confidence: 98%

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Refiguring the archaeology of greater Cahokia

Paüketat

1998

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Solving archaeological problems using techniques of soil magnetism

1998

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Archaeological investigations into the processes and factors controlling the magnetic enhancement of soils were initiated in the 1960s in conjunction with the application of magnetic prospection surveys. After a highly productive period of research, archaeological interest in soil magnetism experienced a downswing, which has just recently been reversed. Continuing research within the fields of rock magnetism and environmental magnetism has refined our understanding of the processes and products of magnetic enhancement and demonstrated the broad applicability of soil magnetic analyses. Using this information, together with recent archaeological studies, we update archaeologists on the variety of soil magnetic techniques and how they can be utilized to define, detail, and understand archaeological sites, features, and environments. A case study at the Cahokia Mounds Site in southwestern Illinois illustrates how soil magnetic techniques can be interfaced with other methods to understand archaeological landscapes and landscape change. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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The late prehistoric Cahokia cultural system of the Mississippi River valley: Foundations, florescence, and fragmentation

Cited by 70 publications

References 36 publications

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Refiguring the archaeology of greater Cahokia

Solving archaeological problems using techniques of soil magnetism

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