Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture 13: Lecture 13 Part 1– Mississippian Society after 1050 AD
13 Jul 2012
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Lecture 13 part 1 mississippian society after 1050 ad. Nodes: smaller communities that were across the landscape, not the major center of society, farmsteads, under the control of a major center (e. g. cahokia) Evidence for ceremonial use: many burials, evidence of a priest prepared the dead for burial. Dominated by ceremonial artifacts: beautiful figurines, pottery, etc. No ceremonial goods, not the purpose of these nodes. Some of what the people grow ends up in storage in case of shortage, also some goes to the central administration. Only small villages across the landscape, hamlets and small towns. Wall built around cahokia, tore down many houses to do so. Lasted for about 100-200 years, then signs of decline. Mississippian societies (complex chiefdoms) have a shelf-life of about.
