| Series |
Archaeology of the American South : new directions and perspectives
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| 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. |
| Scope and content |
"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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016037845 |
| ISBN | 9780817319496 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
