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Woodstock Culture and the Question of Mississippian Emergence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles R. Cobb  and
Patrick H. Garrow
Charles R. Cobb
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Patrick H. Garrow
Affiliation:
Garrow and Associates, 3772 Pleasantdale Road, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30340-4214
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Abstract

North American archaeologists see the study of the Emergent Mississippian period (ca. A.D. 800—1000) as critical for understanding the development of the Mississippian chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1000—1500) of the American Southeast. Past research has frequently sought to explain that development in terms of generalized explanations, whose key variables become evident during the Emergent Mississippian period. Through an example in northwest Georgia, we argue that the Emergent Mississippian phenomenon is best understood by focusing on regional histories and multiscalar processes.

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Resumen

Arqueólogos norteamericanos conciben elperiodo Misisipiano Emergente (800—1000 d.C.) comofoco criticopara entender el desarrollo de los cacicazgos del período Misisipiano (1000—1500 d.C.) en el sureste de los Estados Unidos. Investigaciones previas frecuentemente trataron de explicar este desarrollo en términos generalizadores, cuyos aspectos centrales deberían ser evidentes durante el periodo Misisipiano Emergente. Usando un ejemplo del noroeste Georgia, argüimos que, si nos enfocamos en historias regionales y procedimientos de escalas múltiples, entenderemos mejor el entenderemos mejor el fenómeno Misisipiano Emergente.

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American Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 21 - 37
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1996

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