Evidence of feasting in the Southern Plains
Maintenance and reinforcement of the Toyah social field, 1250–1650 AD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9218258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Crystal A Dozier (0000-0002-0874-2549, Wichita State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 251 |
| Pages | 275-299 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00320447.2018.1502963 |
| OpenAlex | W2890789054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 61 |
Feasting is an important socio-economic system adopted by diverse groups worldwide. Feasting traditions among mobile groups, however, have been difficult to recognize archaeologically. Using regional data of cooking features, trade, and ethnohistorical accounts, I argue that such a change in socio-economic systems can be recognized though the exploration of the Toyah archaeological culture in central and south Texas on the Southern Plains, 1250–1650 AD. During this period, cooking features large enough to accommodate large groups drastically increase while inter-regional trade also intensifies, consistent with the expectations for a feasting system. Ethnohistorical accounts of feasts, which the Spanish called mitotes, complement the archaeological assessment of a feasting society. These mitotes became important social mechanisms for crucial intergroup meetings for trade as well as political, marriage, and spiritual negotiations. Recognition of a feasting economy among mobile foragers provides an explanatory lens for the development of different technologies (such as ceramics), promotes differential pathways to socio-economic complexity, and illustrates the intricacy of indigenous political lifeways
Archaeology · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Indigenous · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social complexity · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |