ANTH 2050 : Notes For Exam #3
Document Summary
The moundbuilders: overview of the moundbuilders phenomenon , adena: the late archaic and poverty point, the hopewell interaction sphere, mississippian chiefdoms: cahokia, moundville, the archaic period in north america, equivalent to mesolithic in europe, period of intensive foraging, ca. 3,000 bc (possibly earliest in louisiana: not used as burial grounds, rounded top, early and middle woodland, ca. 800 bc-ad 900: demographic growth, large villages, intensification of interregional trade, maize introduced from sw usa ca. Ad 100: two major mound building traditions, adena (500 bc- ad 700, hopewell (200 bc- ad 600, adena, ca. Ad 1050: climax of southern cult , peak after ad 1300, complex burials vs. social structure, reported by hernando de soto in 1540s, lecture outline. The origins of civilizations: definitions and concepts: civilization, chiefdom, state, city, origins of civilization and state formation, early models, systemic and ecological models, social models, sampling world civilizations: mesopotamia, egypt, indus,
