Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Arcuate Communities of the Eastern Woodlands: An Introduction | Martin Menz, Analise Hollingshead, and Haley Messer
Part I. Defining the Domestic Unit in Arcuate Communities
1. Laying Villages to Waste: House Middens at Coastal Woodland Ring Middens | Michael Russo
2. Swift Creek Design Organization at the Woodland Period Arcuate Community of Hartford (9PU1) | Karen Y. Smith, Keith Stephenson, and Frankie Snow
3. Aspects of Geometric Patterning at Kolomoki (9Er1) or a Village of Villages | Shaun E. West, Martin Menz, and Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Part II. Organizing Principles of Arcuate Communities
4. Investigating the “Ring Midden” Phenomenon in the Lower Mississippi Valley: An Examination of Evidence from Feltus and Beyond | Megan C. Kassabaum, Vincas P. Steponaitis, and John W. O’Hear
5. Ring-Shaped Settlements and Exploratory Circular Statistics: A Graphical Approach | Bernard K. Means
6. Phenomenological Landscapes of Two Circular Monumental Villages in the Mississippi River Delta | Jayur Mehta and Tara Skipton
Part III. Comparison and Change in Arcuate Communities
7. On the Identification of Villages: Temporal and Formal Considerations between Early Nucleated Villages in the Miami Valleys and Neighboring Mississippian Regions | Robert A. Cook, Marcus A. Schulenburg, and Aaron R. Comstock
8. Circles of Life: Woodland Ceremonial and Domestic Organization in the Midcontinent | William Green, Adam S. Wiewel, and Steven L. De Vore
9. Historical Trajectories of Woodland Period Ring Midden Villages in Northwest Florida | Martin Menz, Haley Messer, and Jeffrey Shanks
10. Why Circles? Broader Perspectives on Arcuate Communities | Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Neill J. Wallis
References
Contributors
Index