Above and below the Green Line
A social history of divergent Mississippian cultures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12064483 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Anne Kowalski (0009-0003-4247-6461, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR, USA, corresponding author), Erin S Nelson (0000-0001-6167-9203, University of South Alabama) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-29 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southeastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-578X • E-ISSN: 2168-4723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0734578x.2023.2290310 |
| OpenAlex | W4390661664 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
A cultural boundary between Late Mississippi period groups has long been observed in the Yazoo Basin corresponding with the mouth of the Arkansas River. However, similarities in mound site structure, settlement location, and processes associated with Mississippianization have sometimes led researchers to downplay these differences, effectively treating the Yazoo Basin as a single physiographic and cultural unit. We examine the idea that subtle differences in physiography within the Yazoo Basin can account for observed differences in material culture. We find that while physiography explains site location and may have influenced how Mississippian people interacted, it does not explain residential patterns, mound site use, or interactions with people from the American Bottom during the "Cahokia horizon." Instead, we argue that Mississippi period mound sites in the northern and southern Yazoo Basin differed fundamentally in their functions, and that these differences are rooted in Late Woodland Coles Creek and Baytown notions of dwelling and ceremonial practice
Archaeology · Boundary line · Culture of the United States · Drainage basin · Geography · Horizon · Period (music · Settlement (finance · Structural basin · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
The Big Picture at Hollywood
Intimate Landscapes
Early Platforms, Early Plazas
Standing Posts and Special Substances
Cahokia's influence in the Yazoo Basin
Authority, Autonomy, and the Archaeology of a Mississippian Community
Mississippian Culture and Cahokian Identities as Considered Through Household Archaeology at Carson, a Monumental Center in North Mississippi
Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley
Foodways and community at the Late Mississippian site of Parchman Place
The Archaeology of Traditions
Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom
The View from Jaketown
Climate Change and the Archaic to Woodland Transition (3000–2500 Cal B.P.) in the Mississippi River Basin
The Forgotten Centuries
Coles Creek Period Social Organization and Evolution in Northeast Louisiana
Social Organization and the Evolution of Hierarchy in Southeastern Chiefdoms
Singing for Garfish
The Residues of Feasting and Public Ritual at Early Cahokia
Practice and history in archaeology
Understanding the Rise of Complexity at Cahokia
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |