{"product_id":"mississippian-women-hardcover","title":"Mississippian Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel V. Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichaelyn S. Harle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLynne P. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlighting the role of precontact Indigenous women in building and transforming Mississippian culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume highlights how women were powerful farmers, economic decision-makers, spiritual leaders, and agents of social integration in the diverse societies of the Mississippian world, which spanned the present-day United States South to the Midwest before the seventeenth century. While Mississippian societies are some of the most well-researched pre-European contact societies on the continent, little attention has been dedicated specifically to Mississippian women. These chapters offer new insights into the vital role women played within their communities, an approach directly informed by the powerful position of American Indian women within contemporary American Indian communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors examine themes such as identity, labor, grieving, cooking, craft production, spatial organization, prestige, morbidity, kinship, and fertility. Case studies include sites throughout the Mississippian world, ranging from Illinois to Florida, including Cahokia and Moundville. \u003ci\u003eMississippian Women\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume to focus solely on the political, social, and economic power of women during this period, linking their actions in building their culture before European colonialism with the work of Indigenous women in the region today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel V. Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e is teaching assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \u003cb\u003eMichaelyn S. Harle\u003c\/b\u003e is an archaeologist at the Tennessee Valley Authority. \u003cb\u003eLynne P. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e, curator emerita of archaeology at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGrit-Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Shelia Bird Rachel V. Briggs Michaelyn S. Harle Ramie A. Gougeon Maureen Meyers Robert B. Sharpe Tracy K. Betsinger Jennifer Bengtson Christopher B. Rodning Robin A. Beck Gayle J. Fritz Lynne P. Sullivan Nancy Marie White Toni Alexander Heather A. Lapham David G. Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460365828274,"sku":"9781683404149","price":155.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/vq2vwgr8ia9781683404149.webp?v=1782958973","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mississippian-women-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}