Great towns and regional polities : in the prehistoric American Southwest and Southeast /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Neitzel, Jill E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1999]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Amerind Foundation New World studies series ; no. 3.
Subjects:	Indians of North America > Southwest, New > History. Indians of North America > Southern States > History. Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Politics and government. Indians of North America > Southern States > Politics and government. Indians of North America > Land tenure > Southwest, New. Indians of North America > Land tenure > Southern States. Chiefdoms > Southwest, New > History. Chiefdoms > Southern States > History. Land settlement patterns > Southwest, New > History. Land settlement patterns > Southern States > History. Southwest, New > Antiquities. Southern States > Antiquities.

Table of Contents:

Great towns in the Southwest Stephen H. Lekson
Late prehistoric towns in the Southeast / George R. Holley
Comparing Southwestern and Southeastern great towns / George R. Holley and Stephen H. Lekson
How complex were the Southwestern great towns' polities? / Suzanne K. Fish
How great were the Southeastern polities? / John F. Scarry
How great were the polities of the Southwest and Southeast? / Suzanne K. Fish and John F. Scarry
How were Precolumbian Southwestern polities organized? / Linda S. Cordell
Mississippian sociopolitical systems / George R. Milner and Sissel Schroeder
Organization of late Precolumbian societies in the Southwest and Southeast / Linda S. Cordell and George R. Milner
Peregrine view of macroregional systems in the North American Southwest, A.D. 750-1250 / David R. Wilcox
Southeastern interaction and integration / Jon Muller
Powhatan's mantle as metaphor / Jon Muller and David R. Wilcox
Feathered, horned, and antlered serpents / Charles R. Cobb, Jeffrey Maymon, and Randall H. McGuire
Examining societal organization in the Southwest / Jill E. Neitzel
Examining chiefdoms in the Southeast / David G. Anderson
Multiscalar analyses of middle-range societies / Jill E. Neitzel and David G. Anderson
Analytical scales, building blocks, and comparisons / Robert D. Drennan
Comunidades, ritualities, chiefdoms / Norman Yoffee, Suzanne K. Fish, and George R. Milner