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Author Regnier, Amanda Leigh

Title Reconstructing Tascalusa's chiefdom : pottery styles and the social composition of Late Mississippian communities along the Alabama River / Amanda L. Regnier
Published Tuscaloosa : The University Alabama Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 163 pages : illustrations, maps
Contents 1. The Problem of Tascalusa's Chiefdom -- 2. The Alabama River Valley from A.D. 900 to 1560 -- 3. Archaeology at Late Mississippian Communities in the Alabama River Valley -- 4. Late Mississippian Pottery in the Alabama River Valley -- 5. A New Picture of the Tascalusa Chiefdom before and after Contact
Summary "Reconstructing Tascalusa's Chiefdom is an archaeological study of political collapse in the Alabama River Valley following the Hernando de Soto expedition. To explain the cultural and political disruptions caused by Hernando de Soto's exploration deep into North America, Amanda L. Regnier presents an analysis of ceramics and a novel theory of cultural exchange, which argues that culture consists of a series of interconnected models governing proper behavior that are shared across the belief systems of communities and individuals. An approach not often applied to archaeological research, ceramic study serves as a test of whether historic cognitive models can be extracted from ceramic data via cluster and correspondence analysis. In addition, the summary of Late Mississippian sites includes a chronology of the Alabama River from approximately AD 900 to 1600, which previously has only existed in manuscript form, and a summary of excavations at major Late Mississippian sites along the Alabama River. The results of the study demonstrate that the Alabama River Valley was settled by populations migrating from three different geographic regions during the late fifteenth century. The mixture of ceramic models associated with all three traditions at Late Mississippian sites suggests that these newly founded towns had a distinct mix of ethnically and linguistically diverse populations. Based on the archaeological record, the polity controlled by Tascalusa appears to have been both multiethnic and newly formed. Perhaps most significantly, Tascalusa's chiefdom appears to be a pre-contact example of a coalescent society that emerged after populations migrated into a new region from the deteriorating Mississippian chiefdoms in their homelands"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-157) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Tuskaloosa, Chief.
Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542 -- Influence
SUBJECT Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542 fast
Tuskaloosa, Chief fast
Subject Mississippian culture -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region
Chiefdoms -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region -- History
Land settlement patterns -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region -- History
Indians of North America -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region -- Politics and government
Social exchange -- History
Mississippian pottery -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alabama -- Alabama River Region
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Antiquities
Chiefdoms
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of North America -- Politics and government
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Land settlement patterns
Mississippian culture
Mississippian pottery
Social exchange
SUBJECT Alabama River Region (Ala.) -- Antiquities
Subject Alabama -- Alabama River Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014000916
ISBN 0817387714
9780817387716