Ceramics and Foodways at Parchman Place

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-89
Author(s):  
Erin S. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Native American ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
American People ◽  
And Storage

This chapter explores Mississippian foodways at Parchman Place through a functional analysis of ceramics and a consideration of the foodways of the Native American people of the southeastern United States—the descendants of Mississippian communities. Correspondence Analysis (CA) of the results indicate the manufacture and use of two distinct pottery assemblages: (1) a baseline domestic assemblage used for everyday cooking, serving, and storage; and (2) a special-use serving assemblage used for community-wide eating events or feasts. These community feasting events played an important role in the founding and ceremonial maintenance of the Mississippian community at Parchman Place.

Native American Ethnobotany of Cane (Arundinaria spp.) in the Southeastern United States: A Review

Castanea ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven G. Platt ◽  
Christopher G. Brantley ◽  
Thomas R. Rainwater
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Southeastern United States

scholarly journals Seed Germination of Three Provenances of Rhododendron catawbiense: Influence of Light and Temperature

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bradley Rowe ◽  
Frank A. Blazich ◽  
Stuart L. Warren ◽  
Thomas G. Ranney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Seed Germination ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Total Darkness ◽  
Temperature Requirements ◽  
And Storage

Abstract Seeds of three provenances of Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. (Catawba rhododendron) were collected during Fall 1992 from the following localities in the southeastern United States: Cherokee Co., GA [34°20′N, 84°23′W, elev. = 320 m (1050 ft)], Johnston Co., NC [35°45′N, 78°12′W, elev. = 67 m (220 ft)], and Yancey Co., NC [35°45′N, 82°16′W, elev. = 1954 m (6410 ft)]. Following drying for 1 month and storage at 4°C (39°F), seeds were removed from storage in January 1993 and germinated at 25°C (77°F) or an 8/16 hr thermoperiod of 25°/15°C (77°/59°F) with daily photoperiods of 0, ½, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, or 24 hr. Regardless of temperature and provenance, seeds required light for germination. Negligible germination for all provenances in total darkness was overcome by daily photoperiods as short as ½ hr. All provenances commenced germination earlier at 25°C (77°F) than at 25°/15°C (77°/59°F). Mean germination at day 24 for both temperature treatments and for all photoperiods with the exception of total darkness was 98%, 90%, and 80% for the Yancey, Johnston, and Cherokee Co. provenances respectively. Light and temperature requirements for seed germination of all provenances were similar, although seeds of the higher elevation, Yancey Co. provenance exhibited greater vigor; they germinated at a faster rate with greater cumulative germination.

scholarly journals American culture: A sociological perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Andrew Woods
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Latin American ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
American People ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
American Way ◽  
Asian Pacific

The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western origin but is influenced by a multicultural ethos that includes African, Native American, Asian, Pacific Island, and Latin American people and their cultures. American culture encompasses the customs and traditions of the United States. The United States is sometimes described as a "melting pot" in which different cultures have contributed their own distinct "flavors" to American culture. The United States of America is a North American nation that is the world's most dominant economic and military power. Likewise, its cultural imprint spans the world, led in large part by its popular culture expressed in music, movies and television. The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western culture (European) origin and form but is influenced by a multicultural ethos that includes African, Native American, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American people and their cultures. The American way of life or simply the American way is the unique lifestyle of the people of the United States of America. It refers to a nationalist ethos that adheres to the principle of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

scholarly journals The repatriation of the Palaeoamericans: Kennewick Man/the Ancient One and the end of a non-Indian ancient North America

BJHS Themes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 79-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANN M. KAKALIOURAS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
North America ◽  
American Indian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
American People ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
Human Skeletal Remains ◽  
Genetic Results

AbstractThis article considers the repatriation of some the most ancient human skeletal remains from the United States as two sorts of ending: their end as objects of scientific study, and their end as ancient non-American Indian settlers of North America. In the 1990s, some prominent physical anthropologists and archaeologists began replacing ‘Palaeoindian’ with the new category of ‘Palaeoamerican’ to characterize the western hemisphere's earliest inhabitants. Kennewick Man/the Ancient One, a nearly nine-thousand-year-old skeleton, convinced some anthropologists that contemporary Native American people (descendants of Palaeoindians) were not biologically related to the very first American colonists. The concept of the Palaeoamerican therefore denied Native American people their long-held status as the original inhabitants of the Americas. New genetic results, however, have contradicted the craniometric interpretations that led to these perceptions, placing the most ancient American skeletons firmly back in the American Indian family tree. This article describes the story of Kennewick Man/the Ancient One, the most famous ‘Palaeoamerican’; explores how repatriation has been a common end for many North American collections (Palaeoindians included); and enumerates what kind of ending repatriation may represent materially and ethically for anthropological science.

scholarly journals Identifying Turtle Shell Rattles in the Archaeological Record of the Southeastern United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Gillreath-Brown ◽  
Tanya M. Peres
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Turtle Shell ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

The construction of rattles from turtle (Testudines) shells is an important consideration when distinguishing between food and non-food uses of archaeological turtle remains. However, the identification of turtle shell rattles in prehistoric contexts can be quite challenging. Equifinality is a major problem for being able to distinguish rattles from food refuse, particularly when a carapace is not burnt or modified. In addition, diversity, abundance, and distribution of Chelonian taxa varies throughout the southeastern United States, creating differential access for indigenous groups. Thus, multiple lines of evidence are needed from archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric records to successfully argue for the production and use of turtle shell rattles in the prehistoric southeastern United States. In this article, we present examples of turtle shell rattles in the southeastern United States to highlight their function and use by indigenous groups, the construction process, and several common characteristics, or an object trait list, that can aid in the identification of fragmentary turtle shell rattle remains. Proper identification of turtle remains is important for interpreting faunal remains and may be of interest to indigenous groups claiming cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

scholarly journals Triple Fusion in the Primary Dentition from Law’s Site, Alabama (1MS100): A Case Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Author(s):  
Brian D. Padgett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Congenital Anomaly ◽  
Native American ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Primary Dentition ◽  
Rare Congenital Anomaly ◽  
Clear Case ◽  
First Case ◽  
Marshall County

Dental fusion of the primary dentition is a rare congenital anomaly. Evidence in the literature of bioarchaeology is scarce. Burial MS100-14 was recovered from Law’s Site on Pine Island, in Marshall County, Alabama. Analysis of the remains found that MS100-14 presented a clear case of triple fusion of primary dentition in the maxilla. This appears to be the first case of triple fusion reported from among prehistoric Native American remains in the Southeastern United States.

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