New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River
Victor D. Thompson, Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik
Beschreibung
An in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 years
This volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal River on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a case study.
Crystal River was once among the most celebrated sites of the Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1050), consisting of ten mounds and large numbers of diverse artifacts from the Hopewell culture. But a lack of research using contemporary methods at this site—and nearby Roberts Island—limited a full understanding of what these sites could tell scholars. Thomas Pluckhahn and Victor Thompson reanalyze previous excavations and conduct new field investigations to tell the whole story of Crystal River from its beginnings as a ceremonial center through its growth into a large village to its decline at the turn of the first millennium while Roberts Island and other nearby areas thrived.
Comparing this community to similar sites on the Gulf Coast and in other areas of the world, Pluckhahn and Thompson argue that Crystal River is an example of an “early village society.” They illustrate that these early villages present important evidence in a larger debate regarding the role of competition versus cooperation in the development of human societies.
A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
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Antiquities, Citrus County, Bayesian modelling, Resistivity survey, Shallow geophysical survey, Case studies, Cooperation, Caloosahatchee traditions, historical process, Hopewell, Gulf Coast, Early village societies, Excavations, Florida, Growth, Medieval Warm period, Competition, Late Woodland period, Woodland period, Archaeology, fishers, History, Hopewell culture, Cities and towns, Ritual specialists, Collective action, Mississippian period, Complex hunter gatherer, Ground penetrating radar, Vacant ceremonial center, early villages