Re-Inventing Mississippian Tradition at Etowah, Georgia

Author(s)

Charles R. Cobb, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Adam King, Savannah River Archaeological Research Program

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Anthropology

Abstract

Frequent population movement and political re-organization spurred a pattern of repeated abandonment at the Mississippian mound center of Etowah in the southeastern United States. These processes also characterized the larger surrounding region in north Georgia and southeast Tennessee. The Etowah abandonments provided inflection points where interest groups were able to distance themselves from previous conventions of structure and reformulate new forms of sociopolitical organization. Re-invented traditions were embedded in changing definitions of genealogical and mythical time, and mediated through the built environment and iconography.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-005-6927-y

Publication Info

Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2005, pages 167-192.

Rights

© Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 2005, Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

APA Citation

Cobb, C., & King, A. (2005). Re-Inventing Mississippian Tradition at Etowah, Georgia. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 12(3), 167–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-005-6927-y