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Mississippian Women

AvRachel V. Briggs,Michaelyn S. Harle

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Highlighting the role of precontact Indigenous women in building and transforming Mississippian cultureThis volume highlights how women were powerful farmers, economic decision-makers, spiritual leaders, and agents of social integration in the diverse societies of the Mississippian world, which spanned the present-day United States South to the Midwest before the seventeenth century. While Mississippian societies are some of the most well-researched pre-European contact societies on the continent, little attention has been dedicated specifically to Mississippian women. These chapters offer new insights into the vital role women played within their communities, an approach directly informed by the powerful position of American Indian women within contemporary American Indian communities.Contributors examine themes such as identity, labor, grieving, cooking, craft production, spatial organization, prestige, morbidity, kinship, and fertility. Case studies include sites throughout the Mississippian world, ranging from Illinois to Florida, including Cahokia and Moundville. Mississippian Women is the first volume to focus solely on the political, social, and economic power of women during this period, linking their actions in building their culture before European colonialism with the work of Indigenous women in the region today.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-26
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:593 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Antal sidor:348
Förlag:University Press of Florida
Medarbetare:Sheila Bird
ISBN:9781683406297

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Rachel V. Briggs is teaching assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Michaelyn S. Harle is an archaeologist at the Tennessee Valley Authority.Lynne P. Sullivan, curator emerita of archaeology at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, is coeditor of Grit-Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States.Contributors: Shelia Bird Rachel V. Briggs Michaelyn S. Harle Ramie A. Gougeon Maureen Meyers Robert B. Sharpe Tracy K. Betsinger Jennifer Bengtson Christopher B. Rodning Robin A. Beck Gayle J. Fritz Lynne P. Sullivan Nancy Marie White Toni Alexander Heather A. Lapham David G. Moore

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“Makes a huge contribution to the study of gender not only in the Indigenous cultures of the Southeast but also to engendered archaeology globally. Mississippian Women will be an exciting read for all archaeologists.”—American Antiquity“A compelling exploration of the roles and experiences of women in the Mississippian societies of North America. This anthology challenges male-centered perspectives of archaeology by focusing on the significant, yet often overlooked, contributions of women in Mississippian culture.”—American Archaeology

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List of FiguresList of TablesForeword1. The Current State of (Mississippian) Women: Archaeology, Gender, and Indigenous FeminismRachel V. Briggs and Michaelyn S. Harle2. Recognizing Women at Cahokia: Farmers; Weavers; Agents of Polity IntegrationGayle J. Fritz3. Cooks, Cooking, and Cooking Pots: A Landscape of Culinary Practice and the Origins of Moundville, AD 1070–1200Rachel V. Briggs4. The Life Course of Women in Upper Tennessee Valley, Dallas Phase CommunitiesMichaelyn S. Harle, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Lynne P. Sullivan5. Mississippian Geographies of Fertility: A Multiscalar View from Southeast MissouriJennifer Bengtson and Toni Alexander6. Matrilineal Kinship Networks and Late Mississippian Politics in the Upper Tennessee ValleyLynne P. Sullivan7. Where Women Work: Taskscapes and Activity Area AnalysisRamie A. Gougeon8. Earth Mother and Her Children: The Role of Mississippian Women in Shaping Beliefs and Material Culture in the Middle Cumberland RegionRobert V. Sharp9. Gender, Craft Production, and Emerging Power in Mississippian Hierarchical SocietiesMaureen S. Meyers10. Women and Power at Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San JuanChristopher B. Rodning, Rachel V. Briggs, Robin A. Beck, Gayle J. Fritz, Heather A. Lapham, and David G. Moore11. Fort Walton WomenNancy Marie White12. Learning About and From Mississippian WomenLynne P. SullivanList of ContributorsIndex