Moundville's Economy

Figures and Tables

Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Schematic Diagram of the Classic Redistribution Model 10 2.2 Schematic Diagram of the Mobilization Model 15 2.3 Schematic Diagram of the Tributary Model 17 2.4 Schematic Diagram of the Prestige Goods Model 19 3.1 Location of the Moundville Chiefdom 24 3.2 Physiography of the Moundville Area 25 3.3 The Moundville Site 27 3.4 Development of the Moundville Settlement Pattern 32 3.5 Location of the White Site 35 3.6 The White Mound (lHa7) 39 3.7 The 1983 UMMA Excavations at the White Site 41 3.8 Ceramic Modes from the White Site 49 3.9 Maximum Extent of Late Moundville III Occupation at White 50 3.10 Location of Late Moundville III Material at Moundville 68 3.11 Map of Floor below Late Moundville III Midden 71 3.12 Representative Profiles from Excavation of Refuse Deposit 72 4.1 Scatterplot of Deer Bone Density and Abundance 78 4.2 Comparison of Deer Body Parts from the White, Lubbub, and Yarborough Sites 93 vii viii Figures 4.3 Percent of Bone Fragments Onequarter or Less of Original Size 97 4.4 Age Distribution of White and Lubbub Deer 100 4.5 Scatterplot of Catchment Productivity versus Catchment Size, All Mound Sites 117 4.6 Scatterplot of Catchment Fertility and Site Size 120 4.7 Median Counts per Liter for Maize and Nut Remains from White and Moundville Flotation Samples 128 4.8 Box Plot of Acorn:Hickory Shell Ratios for White and Moundville Flotation Samples 129 5.1 Location at Moundville of Features Related to Craft Production 146 5.2 Scatterplot of Percentage of Nonlocal Debitage versus Percentage of pre-Mississippian Sherds for Selected Units of the Late Moundville III Refuse Deposit, White Site 157 6.1 The Structure of the Moundville Economy 180 6.2 Location of Origin of Artifacts or Materials Found at Moundville' 188 6.3 Location of Possible Exports from Moundville 189 6.4 Abundance of Selected Imported Goods per Dated Burial at Moundville 198 Tables ix Tables 3.1 Ceramics from the Lower Mound Fill, lHa7 46 3.2 White Site Burials with Associated Vessels 47 3.3 Radiocarbon Dates from the White Site 53 3.4 Thermoluminescence Dates from the White Site 54 3.5 Ratios of Serving to Cooking Wares by Excavation Unit 58 3.6 Summary Data on Late Moundville III Burials at Moundville 60 3.7 Summary Data on Late Moundville III Burials at White 66 4.1 White Site Deer Skeletal Element Abundances and Bone Density Values 79 4.2 Comparison of White Site Faunal Data with Fauna from Nearby Mississippian Sites 82 4.3 Faunal MNI Values and Meat Weight Contributions from the White and Moundville Sites 86 4.4 Proportions of Deer Body Parts at White, Lubbub (Summerville 1IV ), and Yarborough 92 4.5 Frequencies of Deer Axial Skeleton Elements, White Site (late Moundville III) and Moundville (Moundville I) 94 4.6 Large Mammal Body Part Data for White, Lubbub, and Yarborough 99 x Tables 4.7 Counts and Weights of Identified Small Mammal Bones, White Site 102 4.8 Grouping of Soil Types by Drainage Characteristics 106 4.9 Areas of Soil Groups in l-km Catchments for Moundville III Single-mound Sites 107 4.10 Composition of Naturally Occurring Moundville Area Forests 109 4.11 Identified Wood Charcoal from Late Moundville III Refuse Deposit, White Site 111 4.12 Carbonized Seeds from Late Moundville III Refuse and Floor Contexts, White Site 112 4.13 Site Size and Catchment Size, Productivity, and Intrinsic Fertility for Moundville and Moundville III Single-mound Sites 118 4.14 Frequency of Floods by Month at Tuscaloosa, 1888-1960 122 4.15 Counts and Weights of Maize, Nuts, and Nutshell from White Site Refuse and Floor Deposit Flotation Samples 124 4.16 Mean and Median Counts per Liter for Maize and Nut Remains from White and Moundville Flotation Samples 126 5.1 Sets of Vessels from Moundville Decorated by Individual Potters 140 5.2 Data for Testing the Likelihood of Nonspecialized Production of Vessels of Six Varieties at Moundville 142 Tables xi 5.3 Raw Material Types for Chipped Stone from Late Moundville III Refuse Deposit, White Site 154 5.4 Counts and Percentages of Nonlocal Debitage and Percentages of preMississippian Sherds for Selected...