Date of Award
1-1-2015
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Anthropology
Content Description
1 online resource (xxx, 815 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Hetty Jo Brumbach
Committee Members
Robert W Jarvenpa, Jonathan C Lothrop, Sean M Rafferty, Robert M Rosenswig
Keywords
Early Woodland, exchange, mortuary studies, Northeastern North America, ritual, social hierarchy, Woodland culture, Indians of North America, Paleo-Indians, Grave goods, Cemeteries, Excavations (Archaeology)
Subject Categories
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Abstract
This dissertation explores the complex links between long distance exchange, burial elaboration and the potential emergence of social differentiation in formally non-stratified, small-scale societies. The author investigated these inter-related phenomena as they occurred during the Early Woodland period (ca. 3,000-2,000 cal yr BP) in the Northeastern region of the North American Eastern Woodlands. The Early Woodland interaction sphere represents one of the first inter-regional, large-scale exchange networks to ever develop north of Mesoamerica. The reasons and processes behind its genesis continue to be poorly understood, however.
Recommended Citation
Robinson Iv, Francis Wanton, "The initiation and maintenance of the Early Woodland interaction sphere (ca. 3,000-2,000 B.P.) : the view from six northeastern mortuary sites" (2015). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1489.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1489