{"product_id":"new-histories-of-village-life-at-crystal-river-paperback","title":"New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River - Paperback","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\u003eThomas J. Pluckhahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVictor D. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 years\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal River on Florida's Gulf Coast as a case study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystal River was once among the most celebrated sites of the Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1050), consisting of ten mounds and large numbers of diverse artifacts from the Hopewell culture. But a lack of research using contemporary methods at this site--and nearby Roberts Island--limited a full understanding of what these sites could tell scholars. Thomas Pluckhahn and Victor Thompson reanalyze previous excavations and conduct new field investigations to tell the whole story of Crystal River from its beginnings as a ceremonial center through its growth into a large village to its decline at the turn of the first millennium while Roberts Island and other nearby areas thrived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing this community to similar sites on the Gulf Coast and in other areas of the world, Pluckhahn and Thompson argue that Crystal River is an example of an \"early village society.\" They illustrate that these early villages present important evidence in a larger debate regarding the role of competition versus cooperation in the development of human societies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas J. Pluckhahn\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, is the author of \u003ci\u003eKolomoki: Settlement, Ceremony, and Status in the Deep South, A.D. 350 to 750\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eVictor D. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of archaeology at the University of Georgia, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889028137248,"sku":"9781683405412","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/G5v43H_O8G9781683405412.webp?v=1781926248","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/new-histories-of-village-life-at-crystal-river-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}