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Mississippian Towns and Sacred Spaces : title: Searching for an Architectural Grammar author: Lewis, R. Barry. publisher: University of Alabama Press isbn10 | asin: 0817309470 print isbn13: 9780817309473 ebook isbn13: 9780585342450 language: English Mississippian culture, Missippian architecture, Indians of North America-- Urban residence--Southern States, Indians subject of North America--Urban residence-- Mississippi River Valley, Sacred space-- Southern States, Sacred space--Mississippi River Valley, Souther publication date: 1998 lcc: E99.M6815M575 1998eb ddc: 306/.09762 Mississippian culture, Missippian architecture, Indians of North America-- Urban residence--Southern States, Indians subject: of North America--Urban residence-- Mississippi River Valley, Sacred space-- Southern States, Sacred space--Mississippi River Valley, Souther Page iii Mississippian Towns and Sacred Spaces Searching for an Architectural Grammar Edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout Page iv Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. Copyright © 1998 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 ¥ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48- 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar / edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0947-0 1. Mississippian culture. 2. Mississippian architecture. 3. Indians of North AmericaUrban residenceSouthern States. 4. Indians of North AmericaUrban residenceMississippi River Valley. 5. Sacred spaceSouthern States. 6. Sacred spaceMississippi River Valley. 7. Southern StatesAntiquities. 8. Missippi River ValleyAntiquities. I. Lewis, R. Barry. II. Stout, Charles B. E99.M6815 M575 1998 306'.09762ddc21 98-19772 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available Page v Contents Figures and Tables vii Preface xi R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout Acknowledgments xiii 1. The Design of Mississippian Towns 1 R. Barry Lewis, Charles Stout, and Cameron B. Wesson 2. Town Structure at the Edge of the Mississippian World 22 Claudine Payne and John F. Scarry 3. The Nature of Mississippian Towns in Georgia: The 49 King Site Example David J. Hally and Hypatia Kelly 4. Mississippian Towns in the Eastern Tennessee Valley 64 Gerald F. Schroedl 5. Mississippian Sacred Landscapes: The View from 93 Alabama Cameron B. Wesson Page vi 6. Mississippi Period Mound Groups and Communities in 123 the Lower Mississippi Valley Tristram R. Kidder 7. Mississippian Towns in Kentucky 151 Charles Stout and R. Barry Lewis 8. Towns along the Lower Ohio 179 John Muller 9. The Mississippian Town Plan and Cultural Landscape 200 of Cahokia, Illinois Scott J. Demel and Robert L. Hall 10. The Town As Metaphor 227 R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout References Cited 243 Contributors 293 Index 297 Page vii Figures and Tables Figures 1-1. Major Mississippian Towns and Central Places 6 1-2. Mississippian Architectural Design Elements 7 1-3. Public Spaces: Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy; 13 Zocalo, Oaxaca, Mexico; Hampi Bazaar and Virupaksha Temple, Karnataka, India 2-1. The Mississippian World 23 2-2. Florida Chiefdoms 24 2-3. Mississippian Apalachee 28 2-4. Mississippian Mound Centers in Apalachee 31 2-5. Apalachee Burials Ranked by Artifact Types 33 2-6. The Lake Jackson Site 35 2-7. Weeden Island Population Trends in the Tallahassee 43 Hills 2-8. Late Prehistoric Population Trends in the Apalachicola 44 River Valley and the Tallahassee Hills 3-1. The King Site and Other Sixteenth-Century Site 50 Clusters in Northwestern Georgia, Eastern Alabama, and Eastern Tennessee 3-2. Excavated Features at the King Site, 1992 51 3-3. King Site Square and Rectangular Structures 52 3-4. Structure 7 at the King Site 53 3-5. Rectangular Structure Located South of Square 55 Structure 2 3-6. Distribution of Burials at the King Site 56 3-7. King Site Multistructure Households 57 4-1. Location of Major Sites Discussed in the Text 65 4-2. Plan of the Carden Farm II Site (40An44) 68 4-3. Paired Structures On Mound Summit (Level E2) at 70 Hiwassee Island 4-4. Domestic Structures and Small Circular Structures at 72 40Bt47 4-5. Artist's Reconstruction of the Toqua Village 75 4-6. Plan of Major Site Features at Toqua 76 4-7. Mound A, Phase E, Structures 14 and 30 at Toqua 79 4-8. Artist's Reconstruction of Structure 14 at Toqua 80 4-9. Plan of Structure 2 at Toqua 81 Page viii 4-10. Schematic Diagram of Toqua Site Household 82 Aggregate 4-11. Ledford Island Site Plan 84 5-1. The Central Plaza-Periphery Mound Group at 102 Moundville 5-2. Moundville's Chronological and Political 103 Development 5-3. Proposed Developmental Sequence at Moundville 104 5-4. Spatial Arrangement of Seating in the Creek Sacred 111 Square 5-5. Architectural Remains from the Domiciliary Mound 113 at the Bessemer Site 5-6. Growth of Moundville Phase Settlements in the Black117 Warrior Valley from A.D. 900 to 1600 6-1. Map of the Central Portion of the Lower Mississippi 126 Valley Showing Locations of Sites Mentioned in the Text 6-2. Chronological Chart of the Later Neo-Indian Periods, 127 Cultures, and Phases in the Yazoo and Tensas Basins 6-3. Schematic Plans of the Four Major Mississippi Period144 Sites in the Tensas Basin 7-1. Kentucky Towns and Other Mississippian Sites 153 7-2. The Snodgrass Site in Southeastern Missouri 155 7-3. Excavation Plan of the Annis Site, a Mississippian 157 Town On the Green River, Butler County
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