TY - BOOK ID - 138372332 TI - The Mississippian emergence PY - 2007 SN - 0817384308 9780817384302 9780817354527 0817354522 PB - Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - Mississippian culture. KW - Indians of North America KW - Antiquities. KW - Mississippi River Valley KW - Southern States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138372332 AB - This collection, addressing a topic of ongoing interest and debate in American archaeology, examines the evolution of ranked chiefdoms in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States during the period A.D. 700-1200. The volume brings together a broad range of professionals engaged in the fieldwork that has vitalized the theoretical debates on the development of Mississippi Valley cultures. The initial chapter provides a general discussion of various explanations for the rise of these distinctive ranked societies in the eastern United States (A.D. 750-1050) and sets the stage for the inte ER -