Cameron B Wesson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cameron B Wesson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cameron B |
| FAMILY NAME | Wesson |
| SIGNATURE | WESSON C B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
America in 1492
This chapter examines the nature of Native American societies immediately prior to the advent of sustained contacts with Europeans in the late fifteenth century. Touching on the broad issues of social organization, politics, trade, religion, and identity, the chapter provides a general framework for understanding the uniqueness of indigenous Native American cultures. The precontact Native cultures of North America were far more diverse and comple…
The Anthropological Study of Class and Consciousness edited by E. Paul Durrenberger
De Soto (Probably) Never Slept Here
Cahokia
Around 1000 A.D., Cahokia, the largest Native American city constructed north of Mexico, was taking shape near the eastern banks of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. That the overwhelming majority of contemporary Americans are completely unfamiliar with the ancient city is a double tragedy. It is a failure on the part of the general public to recognize one of the most impressive elements of Native American history and a failure of ar…
Pestilence and Persistence
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast Diana Dipaolo Loren (bio) and Cameron B. Wesson (bio) The past few decades have witnessed a proliferation of studies concerning the historical development of American archaeology.1 These efforts represent a significant stage in the development of the discipline, as scholars turn to the examination of not only the archaeological record but also, and perhaps more importantly, the historical developmen…
Mixed Metaphors
Between Contacts and Colonies
Numbers from Nowhere
Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate. David Henige. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. 532 pp
Chiefly power and food storage in southeastern North America
Recent research on late prehistoric and early historic Native American sites in southeastern North America reveals a series of changes in the nature of food storage activities. These alterations are related to changes in sociopolitical complexity and household organization, and shed light on the importance of storage in the emergence and collapse of complex, hierarchically‐ranked societies in this region. It is argued that the ability of elites t…
Chiefly power and food storage in southeastern North America
Recent research on late prehistoric and early historic Native American sites in southeastern North America reveals a series of changes in the nature of food storage activities. These alterations are related to changes in sociopolitical complexity and household organization, and shed light on the importance of storage in the emergence and collapse of complex, hierarchically‐ranked societies in this region. It is argued that the ability of elites t…
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast Diana Dipaolo Loren (bio) and Cameron B. Wesson (bio) The past few decades have witnessed a proliferation of studies concerning the historical development of American archaeology.1 These efforts represent a significant stage in the development of the discipline, as scholars turn to the examination of not only the archaeological record but also, and perhaps more importantly, the historical developmen…
Mixed Metaphors
De Soto (Probably) Never Slept Here
Numbers from Nowhere
Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate. David Henige. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. 532 pp
Chiefly power and food storage in southeastern North America
Recent research on late prehistoric and early historic Native American sites in southeastern North America reveals a series of changes in the nature of food storage activities. These alterations are related to changes in sociopolitical complexity and household organization, and shed light on the importance of storage in the emergence and collapse of complex, hierarchically‐ranked societies in this region. It is argued that the ability of elites t…
Numbers from Nowhere
Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate. David Henige. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. 532 pp
Between Contacts and Colonies
Mixed Metaphors
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast
Current Archaeologies in the American Southeast Diana Dipaolo Loren (bio) and Cameron B. Wesson (bio) The past few decades have witnessed a proliferation of studies concerning the historical development of American archaeology.1 These efforts represent a significant stage in the development of the discipline, as scholars turn to the examination of not only the archaeological record but also, and perhaps more importantly, the historical developmen…
Cahokia
Around 1000 A.D., Cahokia, the largest Native American city constructed north of Mexico, was taking shape near the eastern banks of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. That the overwhelming majority of contemporary Americans are completely unfamiliar with the ancient city is a double tragedy. It is a failure on the part of the general public to recognize one of the most impressive elements of Native American history and a failure of ar…
Pestilence and Persistence
The Anthropological Study of Class and Consciousness edited by E. Paul Durrenberger
De Soto (Probably) Never Slept Here
America in 1492
This chapter examines the nature of Native American societies immediately prior to the advent of sustained contacts with Europeans in the late fifteenth century. Touching on the broad issues of social organization, politics, trade, religion, and identity, the chapter provides a general framework for understanding the uniqueness of indigenous Native American cultures. The precontact Native cultures of North America were far more diverse and comple…
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