Archaeologists and architects draw upon theoretical perspectives
from their fields to provide valuable insights into the structure,
development, and meaning of prehistoric communities.
Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human
culture. The built environment envelops our lives and projects our
distinctive regional and ethnic identities to the world around us.
Archaeology and architecture find common theoretical ground in
their perspectives of the homes, spaces, and communities that
people create for themselves. Although archaeologists and
architects may ask different questions and apply different methods,
the results are the same--a deeper understanding of what it means
to be human.
In this volume, prominent archaeologists examine the
architectural design spaces of Mississippian towns and mound
centers of the eastern United States. The diverse Mississippian
societies, which existed between A.D. 900 and 1700, created some of
the largest and most complex Native American archaeological sites
in the United States. The dominant architectural feature shared by
these communities was one or more large plazas, each of which was
often flanked by buildings set on platform mounds. The authors
describe the major dimensions of an architectural grammar, centered
on the design of the plaza and mound complex that was shared by
different societies across the Mississippian world. They then
explore these shared architectural features as physical
representations or metaphors for Mississippian world views and
culture.
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