Edmond A Boudreaux
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edmond A Boudreaux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edmond A |
| FAMILY NAME | Boudreaux |
| SIGNATURE | BOUDREAUX E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mississippi State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2410-0415 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Searching for “missing” mounds: Investigating the landscape of the 1730 battlefield at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
We describe investigations at the Fatherland site (22Ad501) in Natchez, Mississippi, conducted to better understand an important battle that took place there between the Natchez and the French in 1730. Eighteenth-century documents indicate that two “missing” mounds – that is, ones no longer visible today – figured prominently in this battle. Both mounds were relocated through fieldwork that used a combination of remote sensing, coring, and excava…
Little Bangs on the Tombigbee: Chronologies of Emergence
The notions of “emergence” and “becoming” have become widely adopted in relational studies in archaeology, but their definition and application remain nebulous. We advocate a middle-range approach to the incorporation of these related concepts into the study of migration and pronounced cultural shifts. Our study relies on the Bayesian modeling of a significant corpus of radiocarbon dates from Mississippian sites in the Tombigbee Valley of southea…
Spanish Signatures? XRF Analysis of Iron Artifacts in the American Southeast
Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions
In southeastern North America, the received wisdom has been that most 16th century a.d. European objects occur in mortuary contexts, the archaeological manifestation of gifting and barter between European leaders and Indigenous chiefs. Our application of metal detector surveys in four projects in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi now throws this interpretation into question. We have found significant numbers of diagnostic iron and cuprous 16th ce…
The Beginning of the End: Abandonment Micro-histories in the Mississippian Vacant Quarter
Functional and Stylistic Considerations of Mixed Grog- and Shell-Tempered Late Mississippian Pottery from the Nashville Basin
Mississippian period ceramic assemblages in the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee are traditionally viewed as being overwhelmingly shell tempered. Our petrographic analyses of 30 ceramic sherds from three Middle Cumberland sites have revealed, however, the presence of grog, or crushed potsherds, in shell-tempered pastes in over 40% of our specimens. In our study, serving vessels are often tempered with both shell and grog, with one bowl rim con…
Artifacts and activities associated with mound-area public contexts at the Town Creek site, North Carolina
Attributes of Mississippian public architecture have been used to infer aspects of social organization and political economy, but the inclusion of artifactual datasets in these interpretations has occurred less frequently. As a result, we often do not know much about the activities actually associated with public buildings and spaces. This article discusses several public contexts at the Town Creek site (31Mg2), a single-mound Mississippian civic…
The Remains of the Fray: Nascent Colonialism and Heterogeneous Hybridity
Investigations at the Native American site complex of Stark Farms in Mississippi, USA, have yielded numerous examples of metal artifacts of European origin. Our study suggests that they derive from contact between the AD 1540-1541 winter encampment of the Spanish Hernando de Soto expedition and the local Indigenous polity. The artifacts display a wide range of modifications, uses, and depositional contexts congruent with hybrid practices. We argu…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
An Appraisal of the Indigenous Acquisition of Contact-Era European Metal Objects in Southeastern North America
Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont
The topic of Mississippian origins in the North Carolina Piedmont has received very little attention from archaeologists since the 1950s. This chapter pulls together information from multiple sites, especially the extensively excavated Town Creek site, to present an overview of Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont. The presence of Mississippian lifeways in the region is indicated by the appearance of complicated-stamped ceramics by …
Community and Ritual Within the Mississippian Center at Town Creek
This article evaluates aspects of an occupational history that was developed for the Town Creek site, a small Mississippian center in the North Carolina Piedmont that was occupied sometime between A.D. 1150-1400. Town Creek's occupational history suggests that its Mississippian community consisted of multiple, discrete household groups, and that these groups were important throughout the center's existence. Analyses of architectural, mortuary, an…
Dating the Construction of Early Late Woodland Earthen Monuments at the Jackson Landing Site in Coastal Mississippi
Middle Woodland and early Late Woodland monuments generally have been interpreted as ceremonial spaces that integrated communities both within and among regions. This article presents information on the early Late Woodland component at the Jackson Landing site, a large site with a platform mound and semicircular earthwork, located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Earlier research is synthesized with more recent investigations of the mound to argue …
A Functional Analysis of Mississippian Ceramic Vessels From Town Creek
Vessel shape, size, and use-alterations are used to identify vessel types and vessel functions among Mississippian ceramics from the Town Creek site in central North Carolina. Possible functions are discussed for vessel types, and broad distinctions are made regarding vessels that possibly were used for cooking, serving and eating, or storage. The composition of the overall vessel assemblage at Town Creek indicates that it is generally comparable…
The Archaeology of Town Creek
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
The Archaeology of Town Creek
A Functional Analysis of Mississippian Ceramic Vessels From Town Creek
Vessel shape, size, and use-alterations are used to identify vessel types and vessel functions among Mississippian ceramics from the Town Creek site in central North Carolina. Possible functions are discussed for vessel types, and broad distinctions are made regarding vessels that possibly were used for cooking, serving and eating, or storage. The composition of the overall vessel assemblage at Town Creek indicates that it is generally comparable…
Dating the Construction of Early Late Woodland Earthen Monuments at the Jackson Landing Site in Coastal Mississippi
Middle Woodland and early Late Woodland monuments generally have been interpreted as ceremonial spaces that integrated communities both within and among regions. This article presents information on the early Late Woodland component at the Jackson Landing site, a large site with a platform mound and semicircular earthwork, located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Earlier research is synthesized with more recent investigations of the mound to argue …
The Beginning of the End: Abandonment Micro-histories in the Mississippian Vacant Quarter
The Remains of the Fray: Nascent Colonialism and Heterogeneous Hybridity
Investigations at the Native American site complex of Stark Farms in Mississippi, USA, have yielded numerous examples of metal artifacts of European origin. Our study suggests that they derive from contact between the AD 1540-1541 winter encampment of the Spanish Hernando de Soto expedition and the local Indigenous polity. The artifacts display a wide range of modifications, uses, and depositional contexts congruent with hybrid practices. We argu…
An Appraisal of the Indigenous Acquisition of Contact-Era European Metal Objects in Southeastern North America
Community and Ritual Within the Mississippian Center at Town Creek
This article evaluates aspects of an occupational history that was developed for the Town Creek site, a small Mississippian center in the North Carolina Piedmont that was occupied sometime between A.D. 1150-1400. Town Creek's occupational history suggests that its Mississippian community consisted of multiple, discrete household groups, and that these groups were important throughout the center's existence. Analyses of architectural, mortuary, an…
The Archaeology of Town Creek
A Functional Analysis of Mississippian Ceramic Vessels From Town Creek
Vessel shape, size, and use-alterations are used to identify vessel types and vessel functions among Mississippian ceramics from the Town Creek site in central North Carolina. Possible functions are discussed for vessel types, and broad distinctions are made regarding vessels that possibly were used for cooking, serving and eating, or storage. The composition of the overall vessel assemblage at Town Creek indicates that it is generally comparable…
Dating the Construction of Early Late Woodland Earthen Monuments at the Jackson Landing Site in Coastal Mississippi
Middle Woodland and early Late Woodland monuments generally have been interpreted as ceremonial spaces that integrated communities both within and among regions. This article presents information on the early Late Woodland component at the Jackson Landing site, a large site with a platform mound and semicircular earthwork, located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Earlier research is synthesized with more recent investigations of the mound to argue …
Community and Ritual Within the Mississippian Center at Town Creek
This article evaluates aspects of an occupational history that was developed for the Town Creek site, a small Mississippian center in the North Carolina Piedmont that was occupied sometime between A.D. 1150-1400. Town Creek's occupational history suggests that its Mississippian community consisted of multiple, discrete household groups, and that these groups were important throughout the center's existence. Analyses of architectural, mortuary, an…
Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont
The topic of Mississippian origins in the North Carolina Piedmont has received very little attention from archaeologists since the 1950s. This chapter pulls together information from multiple sites, especially the extensively excavated Town Creek site, to present an overview of Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont. The presence of Mississippian lifeways in the region is indicated by the appearance of complicated-stamped ceramics by …
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
An Appraisal of the Indigenous Acquisition of Contact-Era European Metal Objects in Southeastern North America
Artifacts and activities associated with mound-area public contexts at the Town Creek site, North Carolina
Attributes of Mississippian public architecture have been used to infer aspects of social organization and political economy, but the inclusion of artifactual datasets in these interpretations has occurred less frequently. As a result, we often do not know much about the activities actually associated with public buildings and spaces. This article discusses several public contexts at the Town Creek site (31Mg2), a single-mound Mississippian civic…
The Remains of the Fray: Nascent Colonialism and Heterogeneous Hybridity
Investigations at the Native American site complex of Stark Farms in Mississippi, USA, have yielded numerous examples of metal artifacts of European origin. Our study suggests that they derive from contact between the AD 1540-1541 winter encampment of the Spanish Hernando de Soto expedition and the local Indigenous polity. The artifacts display a wide range of modifications, uses, and depositional contexts congruent with hybrid practices. We argu…
Functional and Stylistic Considerations of Mixed Grog- and Shell-Tempered Late Mississippian Pottery from the Nashville Basin
Mississippian period ceramic assemblages in the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee are traditionally viewed as being overwhelmingly shell tempered. Our petrographic analyses of 30 ceramic sherds from three Middle Cumberland sites have revealed, however, the presence of grog, or crushed potsherds, in shell-tempered pastes in over 40% of our specimens. In our study, serving vessels are often tempered with both shell and grog, with one bowl rim con…
The Beginning of the End: Abandonment Micro-histories in the Mississippian Vacant Quarter
Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions
In southeastern North America, the received wisdom has been that most 16th century a.d. European objects occur in mortuary contexts, the archaeological manifestation of gifting and barter between European leaders and Indigenous chiefs. Our application of metal detector surveys in four projects in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi now throws this interpretation into question. We have found significant numbers of diagnostic iron and cuprous 16th ce…
Spanish Signatures? XRF Analysis of Iron Artifacts in the American Southeast
Searching for “missing” mounds: Investigating the landscape of the 1730 battlefield at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
We describe investigations at the Fatherland site (22Ad501) in Natchez, Mississippi, conducted to better understand an important battle that took place there between the Natchez and the French in 1730. Eighteenth-century documents indicate that two “missing” mounds – that is, ones no longer visible today – figured prominently in this battle. Both mounds were relocated through fieldwork that used a combination of remote sensing, coring, and excava…
Little Bangs on the Tombigbee: Chronologies of Emergence
The notions of “emergence” and “becoming” have become widely adopted in relational studies in archaeology, but their definition and application remain nebulous. We advocate a middle-range approach to the incorporation of these related concepts into the study of migration and pronounced cultural shifts. Our study relies on the Bayesian modeling of a significant corpus of radiocarbon dates from Mississippian sites in the Tombigbee Valley of southea…
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