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    A Comparison of Artifacts and Activities among Mound Area Contexts at Town Creek, A Mississippian Site in Piedmont North Carolina

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    Armour, Daryl W.
    Abstract
    Mississippian chiefdoms of the southeastern United States have commonly been characterized by the presence of large towns, a dependence upon maize-agriculture, and the presence of large platform mounds. Research regarding the role of platform mounds within these societies has been particularly intensive, and interpretations regarding the use of these mounds have varied. The major premise of this thesis is to determine variation among mound contexts at Town Creek by utilizing comparative indices. These comparisons found important differences in the activities represented in a premound midden, two mound-flank middens, and contexts associated with mound-summit structures. Also, a radiocarbon date of A.D. 1285-1400 was obtained for one of the flank middens, which is consistent with a previous interpretation of when mound construction began at the site. This date will help refine the site's existing mound-construction chronology.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3954
    Subject
     Archaeology; Mississippian; Native Americans; North Carolina; Prehistory; Southeast 
    Date
    2012
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    Armour, Daryl W.. (January 2012). A Comparison of Artifacts and Activities among Mound Area Contexts at Town Creek, A Mississippian Site in Piedmont North Carolina (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3954.)

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    Armour, Daryl W.. A Comparison of Artifacts and Activities among Mound Area Contexts at Town Creek, A Mississippian Site in Piedmont North Carolina. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2012. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3954. August 16, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Armour, Daryl W., “A Comparison of Artifacts and Activities among Mound Area Contexts at Town Creek, A Mississippian Site in Piedmont North Carolina” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2012).
    AMA:
    Armour, Daryl W.. A Comparison of Artifacts and Activities among Mound Area Contexts at Town Creek, A Mississippian Site in Piedmont North Carolina [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2012.
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    • Anthropology
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    • North Carolina Collection
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    East Carolina University

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