Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

“A substantive addition to our knowledge about one of the premier archaeological sites in eastern North America.”—George Milner, author of The Cahokia Chiefdom

“Brings fresh thinking into a well-trod path of scholarship and goes well beyond the confines of the specialties of subsistence, settlement, and technology to shed light on the social function of the Moundville site. An enjoyable read for those who relish the interplay between social and political concepts and archaeological data.”—James A. Brown, author of The Spiro Ceremonial Center: The Archaeology of Arkansas Valley Caddoan Culture in Eastern Oklahoma

“Fascinating. … Highly recommended.”—Choice

“A very important contribution to the understanding of a great Native American center that brings fresh insights to a field of research that has troubled scholars for many decades.”—American Archaeology

“We need to theorize the mounds, mound-builders, and moundvilles of North America more effectively. Better historical contextualizations, as seen in … Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland are the beginning.”—Antiquity

“For Southeastern archaeologists the Rethinking Moundville volume will be a necessary addition to their bookshelves. … Long overdue.”—Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology

“A major publication in Southeastern archaeology. It not only summarizes two decades of work by multiple researchers, but also marshals that large body of work into a coherent argument that leads convincingly to a new interpretation of one of the region’s most thoroughly studied sites.”—Mississippi Archaeology