{"product_id":"sunwatch-robert-a-cook-9780817354589","title":"Sunwatch: Fort Ancient Development in the Mississippian World","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas as particularly dynamic contexts of social change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The last prehistoric cultures to inhabit the Middle Ohio Valley (ca. A.D. 1000-1650) are referred to as Fort Ancient societies, which exhibited a wide variety of Mississippian period characteristics. What is less well-known and little understood are the social processes by which Mississippian characteristics spread to Fort Ancient communities. Through a comprehensive study of SunWatch, one of the few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient settlements, the author focuses on the development of village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework, recognizing border areas as particularly dynamic contexts of social change. As a fundamental study of social patterning of Fort Ancient villages, this work reveals the interrelationships of small social units in culture change and social structure development and provides a full reconsideration of the Mississippian dimensions of Fort Ancient societies and a model for future investigations of larger patterning in the lateprehistory of the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert A. Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817354581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817354589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.39w x 0.58d","brand":"Robert A. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452532506879,"sku":"9780817354589","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12898366-f484-4827-9369-40f17b35342c.jpg?v=1761928986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sunwatch-robert-a-cook-9780817354589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}