| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 397 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Climate change and migration among early agriculturalists : from global to Mississippian perspectives / Aaron R. Comstock, Robert A. Cook, John H. Blitz, and Mary L. Simon -- Part I. Cahokia and the middle Mississippian region. Corn, climate, and the human population of greater Cahokia / Kristin M. Hedman, Thomas E. Emerson, Matthew A. Fort, John M. Lambert, Alleen M. Betzenhauser, and Timothy R. Pauketat -- Regional migration and Cahokian population change in the context of climate change and hydrological events / Sissel Schroeder, A. J. White, Lora R. Stevens, and Samuel E. Munoz -- Part II. Into the upper Mississippian region. Drought, diet, demography, and diaspora during the Mississippian period : a view from the Central Illinois River Valley / Jeremy J. Wilson and Broxton W. Bird -- Late pre-contact ethnogenesis, resilience, and movement in the face of climate variation in the Upper Illinois River Valley / Thomas E. Emerson, Kristin M. Hedman, Matthew A. Fort, and Kjersti E. Emerson -- Pushing and pulling the Mississippian moment into the western Great Lakes / Thomas J. Zych and John D. Richards - Part III. Into the Midsouth, Ohio Valley, and the Southeast. Moving in and moving on : climate change and Mississippian migration in the Middle Ohio Valley / Robert A. Cook and Aaron R. Comstock -- Heading for the hills : new evidence for migrations to the Upper Tennessee Valley / Lynne P. Sullivan, Kevin E. Smith, Shawn Patch, Sarah Lowry, John Jacob Holland-Lulewicz, and Scott Meeks -- "Vacant quarters" and population movements : legacy data and the investigation of a large-scale emigration event from the Savannah River Valley to the Georgia coast / Brandon T. Ritchison and David G. Anderson -- Population aggregation and dispersal as a driver for settlement change in the lower Chattahoochee River Valley between AD 1100 and 1500 / Stefan Brannan -- Part IV. Into the lower Mississippian region. Climate change, population migration, and ritual practice in the Lower Mississippi Valley / Dorian J. Burnette, David H. Dye, and Arleen A. Hill -- Environment, climate, and Mississippian origins in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Mississippi River delta / Jayur Madhusudan Mehta and Christopher B. Rodning -- Part V. Commentary and further discussion. Reassessing migration and climate change during the Mississippian period / Charles R. Cobb |
| Summary |
This book is the first to specifically trace the movement of Mississippian maize farmers throughout the US Midwest and Southeast. By providing a backdrop of shifting climatic conditions during the period, this volume also investigates the relationship between farmers and their environments. Detailed regional overviews of key locations in the Mississippi Valley, the Ohio Valley, and the peripheries of the Mississippian culture area reveal patterns and variation in the expression of Mississippian culture and interactions between migrants and local communities. Methodologically, the case studies highlight the strengths of integrating a variety of data sets to identify migration. The volume provides a broader case study of the links between climate change, migration, and the spread of agriculture that is relevant to archaeologists and anthropologists studying early agricultural societies throughout the world. Key patterns of adaptation to and mitigation of the effects of droughts, for example, provide a framework for understanding the options available to societies in the face of climate change afforded by the time-depth of an archaeological perspective. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 8, 2022) |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- Mississippi River Valley -- History
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Crops and climate -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1600
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Climatic changes -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1600
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Indians of North America -- History -- To 1600
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Paleoclimatology.
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Crops and climate -- Mississippi River Valley -- History
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Climatic changes
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Crops and climate
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Indians of North America
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Indians of North America -- Agriculture
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Antiquities
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Paleoclimatology
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Mississippi River Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cook, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1970- editor.
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Comstock, Aaron Richard, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030890827 |
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3030890821 |
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