The last prehistoric cultures to inhabit the Middle Ohio Valley (ca. A.D. 1000 1650) are referred to as Fort Ancient societies, which exhibited a wide variety of Mississippian period characteristics.What is less well-known and little understood are the social processes by which Mississippian characteristics spread to Fort Ancient communities. Through a comprehensive study of SunWatch, one of the few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient settlements, the author focuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas as...
The last prehistoric cultures to inhabit the Middle Ohio Valley (ca. A.D. 1000 1650) are referred to as Fort Ancient societies, which exhibited a wide...
Through a comprehensive study of SunWatch, one of the few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient settlements, the author focuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas as particularly dynamic contexts of social change.
Through a comprehensive study of SunWatch, one of the few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient settlements, the author focuses on the development of v...
