Embodying the Sacred: Temporal Changes in the Cosmological Function of Art and Symbolism in the Mississippian Period, AD 1250-1400

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dc.contributor.advisorReilly, F. Kent
dc.contributor.authorLeDoux, Spencer Curtis
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKing, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-09T20:10:26Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:10:40Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractFrom A.D. 1250–1400, the archaeological sites of Etowah, Georgia and Lake Jackson, Florida were the capitals of two distinct chiefdoms that participated in a shared system of ideology known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. This research paper uses archaeological methods to realign the chronology at each site. Changing to a theoretical approach, this paper demonstrates that the authority of the ruling class at both sites was related to the ideology of the supernatural being known as the Cult-Bringer. When these theories are applied to the artifact assemblages, there is a strong indication that long distance trade was dominated by the Wilbanks Phase Etowah polity until it was destroyed by warfare. After the fall of Etowah in AD 1375, the Lake Jackson polity abandoned the Cult-Bringer ideology.
dc.description.departmentAnthropology
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dc.format.extent87 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationLeDoux, S. C. (2009). Embodying the sacred: Temporal changes in the cosmological function of art and symbolism in the Mississippian Period, AD 1250-1400 (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3248
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLake Jackson
dc.subjectEtowah
dc.subjectcult-bringer
dc.subjectsoutheastern ceremonial complex
dc.subjectSECC
dc.subjectmound C
dc.subjectmound 3
dc.subjectelite trade
dc.subjectregalia
dc.titleEmbodying the Sacred: Temporal Changes in the Cosmological Function of Art and Symbolism in the Mississippian Period, AD 1250-1400
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos

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