Signs of Power

The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Signs of Power by David G. Anderson, Richard Jefferies, Jon L. Gibson, Kenneth E. Sassaman, John A. Clark, Nancy Marie White, George R. Milner, Randolph J. Widmer, Philip J. Carr, Samuel O. Brookes, Prentice Thomas, Mike Russo, Janice Campbell, James R. Morehead, Lee H. Stewart, Michael Heckenberger, Joe W. Saunders, University of Alabama Press
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Author: David G. Anderson, Richard Jefferies, Jon L. Gibson, Kenneth E. Sassaman, John A. Clark, Nancy Marie White, George R. Milner, Randolph J. Widmer, Philip J. Carr, Samuel O. Brookes, Prentice Thomas, Mike Russo, Janice Campbell, James R. Morehead, Lee H. Stewart, Michael Heckenberger, Joe W. Saunders ISBN: 9780817382797
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: November 18, 2010
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: David G. Anderson, Richard Jefferies, Jon L. Gibson, Kenneth E. Sassaman, John A. Clark, Nancy Marie White, George R. Milner, Randolph J. Widmer, Philip J. Carr, Samuel O. Brookes, Prentice Thomas, Mike Russo, Janice Campbell, James R. Morehead, Lee H. Stewart, Michael Heckenberger, Joe W. Saunders
ISBN: 9780817382797
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: November 18, 2010
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies.

By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this book explores the sources of power and organization among Archaic societies. It investigates the origins of these technologies and their effects on long-term (evolutionary) and short-term (historical) change.

The characteristics of first origins in social complexity belong to 5,000- to 6,000-year-old Archaic groups who inhabited the southeastern United States. In Signs of Power, regional specialists identify the conditions, causes, and consequences that define organization and social complexity in societies. Often termed "big mound power," these considerations include the role of demography, kinship, and ecology in sociocultural change; the meaning of geometry and design in sacred groupings; the degree of advancement in stone tool technologies; and differentials in shell ring sizes that reflect social inequality.

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Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies.

By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this book explores the sources of power and organization among Archaic societies. It investigates the origins of these technologies and their effects on long-term (evolutionary) and short-term (historical) change.

The characteristics of first origins in social complexity belong to 5,000- to 6,000-year-old Archaic groups who inhabited the southeastern United States. In Signs of Power, regional specialists identify the conditions, causes, and consequences that define organization and social complexity in societies. Often termed "big mound power," these considerations include the role of demography, kinship, and ecology in sociocultural change; the meaning of geometry and design in sacred groupings; the degree of advancement in stone tool technologies; and differentials in shell ring sizes that reflect social inequality.

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