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title	:	Lamar Archaeology : Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South
author	:	Williams, J. Mark.
publisher	:	University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0817304665
print isbn13	:	9780817304669
ebook isbn13	:	9780585323381
language	:	English
subject	Lamar culture, Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities, Chiefdoms--Southern States, Southern States--Antiquities.
publication date	:	1990
lcc	:	E99.L25L36 1990eb
ddc	:	976/.01
subject	:	Lamar culture, Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities, Chiefdoms--Southern States, Southern States--Antiquities.

Page iii Lamar Archaeology Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South Edited by Mark Williams and Gary Shapiro A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication

Page iv Copyright 1990 by The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI A 39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lamar archaeology : Mississippian chiefdoms in the deep South / edited by Mark Williams and Gary Shapiro. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8173-0466-5 (alk. paper) 1. Lamar culture 2. Indians of North AmericaSouthern States Antiquities. 3. Southern StatesAntiquities. I. Williams, Mark. II. Shapiro, Gary. E99.L25L36 1990 976'.01dc20 89-4941 CIP British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available

Page v CONTENTS Part I Lamar Archaeology Introduction 3 Lamar Archaeology: 1987 10 Part II Time and Space Introduction 27 Regional Chronologies 30 Phase Characteristics 39 Part III Case Studies Introduction 81 1. Pine Barrens Lamar Frankie Snow 82 2. The Lamar Ceramics of the Georgia Coast Chad O. Braley 94 3. Recent Investigations in the Core of the Coosa Province James B. Langford, Jr., and Marvin T. Smith 104 4. Two Late Lamar Sites near Ray's Corner, Oconee County, Georgia Daniel T. Elliott 117 5. Dallas Phase Architecture and Sociopolitical Structure Richard R. Polhemus 125 6. A Study of Lamar Ecology on the Western Edge of the Southern Piedmont C. Roger Nance 139

Page vi 7. Bottomlands and Rapids: A Mississippian Adaptive Niche in the Georgia Piedmont Gary Shapiro 147 8. Paired Towns Mark Williams and Gary Shapiro 163 9. The Rise, Transformation, and Fall of Apalachee: A Case Study of Political Change in a Chiefly Society John F. Scarry 175 10. Stability and Change in Chiefdom-Level Societies: An Examination of Mississippian Political Evolution on the South Atlantic Slope David G. Anderson 187 11. Conversations with the High Priest of Coosa Charles M. Hudson 214 References Cited 231 Index 253

Page vii FIGURES AND TABLES Figures 1 The Lamar Area 5 2 Conference Participants 7 3 Areas of Chronologies 28 4 Square Ground Lamar Sherds 86 5 Square Ground Lamar Stamped Motifs 87 6 Square Ground Lamar Distribution 88 7 Square Ground Lamar Incised Motifs 91

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