01770nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_151785 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 975.01 S578 Signs of power : The rise of cultural complexity in the Southeast Edited by Jon L. Gibson, Philip J. Carr. Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press 2004 By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this book explores the sources of power and organization among Archaic societies. It investigates the origins of these technologies and their effects on long-term (evolutionary) and short-term (historical) change. The characteristics of first origins in social complexity belong to 5,000- to 6,000-year-old Archaic groups who inhabited the southeastern United States. In Signs of Power, regional specialists identify the conditions, causes, and consequences that define organization and social complexity in societies. Often termed "big mound power," these considerations include the role of demography, kinship, and ecology in sociocultural change; the meaning of geometry and design in sacred groupings; the degree of advancement in stone tool technologies; and differentials in shell ring sizes that reflect social inequality. Mounds,Indians of North America,Người da đỏ Bắc Mỹ,Đồi Antiquities,Di tích lịch sử Southern States,Southern States,Bang phía Nam,Hoa Kỳ Tran Thi Kim Hue, Trọng Hiếu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ