Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Chronology, Content, Context (Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication (Paperback)) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817354093 ISBN 13: 9780817354091

Publisher: The University of Alabama Press, 2007

Synopsis

One of the most venerable concepts in Southeastern archaeology is that of the Southern Cult. The idea has its roots in the intensely productive decade (archaeologically) of the 1930s and is fundamentally tied to yet another venerable concept - Mississippian culture. The last comprehensive study of the melding of these two concepts into the term Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC) is more than two decades old, yet our understanding of the objects, themes, and artistic styles associated with the SECC have changed a great deal. This work presents new data and new ideas on the temporal and social contexts, artistic styles, and symbolic themes included in the complex. It also demonstrates that engraved shell gorgets, along with other SECC materials, were produced before A.D. 1400.

About this title

Review:

"This book assembles a number of papers by regional specialists to correct dating errors in other publications while advancing knowledge of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex"—Marvin T. Smith, Valdosta State University

"I strongly recommend this book to learn of the glory and richness of late prehistoric southeastern culture and the vigorous scholarship of its investigators."—Early Georgia

About the Author:

Adam King is an archaeologist with the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0817354093
• ISBN 13: 9780817354091
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: King Adam