Brad R Lieb
Biographic Data
| ID | 4053614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brad R Lieb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brad R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lieb |
| SIGNATURE | LIEB B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cherokee Nation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7534-1227 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Little Bangs on the Tombigbee
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
Archaeological investigations at the Charity Hall mission site (22MO733)
The Charity Hall mission school was one of dozens of Protestant missions established during the 1820s using federal funding provided by the Civilization Fund Act of 1819. These missions have received little attention from archaeologists due to their short lifespans and limited number. The archaeological investigations at Charity Hall, which was established within the Mississippi territory of the Chickasaw Nation, provide key insights into the mat…
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 Remains of the Fray
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
Ackia and Ogoula Tchetoka
Investigations into the location of two battles related to the Chickasaw and French Wars of the 1700s in Mississippi, USA, show the value of a multi-pronged strategy for identifying and delineating military sites. We used metal detecting, shovel test pits, surface collections, local informant interviews, historical maps, LiDAR-based topography, and air photographs to locate Ogoula Tchetoka and Ackia, two Chickasaw towns where French forces were d…
"Hina' Falaa , "The Long Path
Hina' Falaa, "The Long Path": An Analysis of Chickasaw Settlement Using GIS in Northeast Mississippi, 1650-1840 Wendy Cegielski (bio) and Brad R. Lieb (bio) How do the elements of a historic tribal society maintain social cohesion while rapidly transforming and adapting to introduced technology, diseases, warfare, colonization, and new capitalistic and exploitative economic conditions? This study uses archaeological and ethnohistorical data to tr…
The Beginning of the End
The Remains of the Fray
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
"Hina' Falaa , "The Long Path
Hina' Falaa, "The Long Path": An Analysis of Chickasaw Settlement Using GIS in Northeast Mississippi, 1650-1840 Wendy Cegielski (bio) and Brad R. Lieb (bio) How do the elements of a historic tribal society maintain social cohesion while rapidly transforming and adapting to introduced technology, diseases, warfare, colonization, and new capitalistic and exploitative economic conditions? This study uses archaeological and ethnohistorical data to tr…
Archaeological investigations at the Charity Hall mission site (22MO733)
The Charity Hall mission school was one of dozens of Protestant missions established during the 1820s using federal funding provided by the Civilization Fund Act of 1819. These missions have received little attention from archaeologists due to their short lifespans and limited number. The archaeological investigations at Charity Hall, which was established within the Mississippi territory of the Chickasaw Nation, provide key insights into the mat…
"Hina' Falaa , "The Long Path
Hina' Falaa, "The Long Path": An Analysis of Chickasaw Settlement Using GIS in Northeast Mississippi, 1650-1840 Wendy Cegielski (bio) and Brad R. Lieb (bio) How do the elements of a historic tribal society maintain social cohesion while rapidly transforming and adapting to introduced technology, diseases, warfare, colonization, and new capitalistic and exploitative economic conditions? This study uses archaeological and ethnohistorical data to tr…
Ackia and Ogoula Tchetoka
Investigations into the location of two battles related to the Chickasaw and French Wars of the 1700s in Mississippi, USA, show the value of a multi-pronged strategy for identifying and delineating military sites. We used metal detecting, shovel test pits, surface collections, local informant interviews, historical maps, LiDAR-based topography, and air photographs to locate Ogoula Tchetoka and Ackia, two Chickasaw towns where French forces were d…
An Appraisal of the Indigenous Acquisition of Contact-Era European Metal Objects in Southeastern North America
The Remains of the Fray
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…
Archaeological investigations at the Charity Hall mission site (22MO733)
The Charity Hall mission school was one of dozens of Protestant missions established during the 1820s using federal funding provided by the Civilization Fund Act of 1819. These missions have received little attention from archaeologists due to their short lifespans and limited number. The archaeological investigations at Charity Hall, which was established within the Mississippi territory of the Chickasaw Nation, provide key insights into the mat…
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
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
Little Bangs on the Tombigbee
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…
Archaeology (8 works) · History (8 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (6 works) · Ethnology (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)