Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Crow Creek Massacre, Eastern Plains, Bastion
13 Jul 2012
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Evidence of influence from the mississippian: cultigens coming in from the east, pottery very similar. Houses: about 5-10 houses, small houses (2-3 meters across) Single or extended families: about 50-60 people living in the villages, may have been occupied year round, semi-subterranean, called earth lodges - covered with earth and sod to insulate them. Larger settlements: by 1400, could have as many as 100 houses, 1000+ people. Larger houses: multi-family dwellings, matrilineages, 20-25 meters across, more rectangular in shape, semi-subterranean, sedentary. Earliest tend to have more circular ditches around them. May have had a single bastion: 1500. Found a bone bed remains 486 humans. Body dump, many had clearly been murdered. Most extreme example that they were not on friendly terms. More planned communities with others: not placed randomly, placed in groups or lines, often a central plaza, choosing locations that are more easily defended. Movement to floodplains: movement from the bluffs to river valleys.
