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The archaeology of houses and households in the Native Southeast
- Title
- The archaeology of houses and households in the Native Southeast / Benjamin A. Steere.
- Author
- Steere, Benjamin A., 1981-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2017]
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- Description
- xv, 215 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book explores changes in houses and households in the southeastern United States from the Woodland to the Historic Indian Period (ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 1800). Most studies of domestic architecture in the Southeast have been conducted at the single-site scale. As a result, broader spatial and temporal patterns of variation in houses and households are not well understood. To address this problem, Steere constructed a database that catalogues the architectural features of 1,258 structures from 65 sites in the Southern Appalachian region and surrounding areas. Significant trends identified by this comparative study include changes in the size and spacing of houses, changes in architectural investment, and a secular trend toward the increasing segmentation of houses. Using a theoretical framework developed from household archaeology and anthropology, Steere argues that certain aspects of this architectural variation can be explained by changes in household economics and household composition, symbolic behavior, status differentiation, and settlement patterning. More generally, he proposes that large-scale patterns of diachronic and synchronic variation in domestic architecture are best explained by changes in social organization"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Archaeology of the American South : new directions and perspectives
- Uniform Title
- Archaeology of the American South.
- Subjects
- Indian architecture
- Indians of North America > Dwellings
- Architecture, Domestic
- Household archaeology
- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Southern States
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Household archaeology > Southern States
- History
- Indian architecture > Southern States > History
- Indians of North America > Southern States > Antiquities
- Appalachian Region, Southern > Antiquities
- Southern States > Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Southern States
- Antiquities
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Prehistoric & Primitive
- Indians of North America > Dwellings > Southern States > History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Indians of North America > Antiquities
- Architecture, Domestic > Southern States > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
- Contents
- Patterns of Architectural Variability in the Native Southeast -- Environmental Factors in Architectural Variation -- Household Composition and Economics -- Houses and Architectural Symbolism -- Houses, Status, and Settlement -- Conclusion: A Macroregional Perspective on Architectural Variation in the Native Southeast -- Appendix: Description of the Architectural Variables.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-9419
- ISBN
- 9780817319496
- 0817319492
- LCCN
- 2016037845
- OCLC
- 969829933
- Author
- Steere, Benjamin A., 1981- author.
- Title
- The archaeology of houses and households in the Native Southeast / Benjamin A. Steere.
- Publisher
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Archaeology of the American South : new directions and perspectivesArchaeology of the American South.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-9419