Evidence of Small-Scale Feasting from the Woodland Period Site of Kolomoki, Georgia

Pluckhahn, Thomas J.; Compton, J. Matthew; Bonhage-Freund, Mary Theresa

doi:10.1179/009346906791071882

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“…My colleagues and I consider the manner in which an episode of small-scale, household-level feasting at the Woodland period site of Kolomoki may have benefitted some members of the domestic group over others (Pluckhahn et al 2006). The issue could be addressed only in relatively abstract terms, reflecting the difficulty of identifying the material expressions of power among members of a single, coresident household.…”

Section: Household Agency Power and Resistancementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Ritual is implicated in an episode of household-level feasting at the Woodlandperiod Kolomoki site in Georgia (Pluckhahn et al 2006). The possible feasting assemblage included several species of plants unusual for the area but recognized by later southeastern Indians for their symbolic associations and medicinal properties.…”

Section: Household Ritual and Symbolismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Pluckhahn

2010

J Archaeol Res

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This review highlights archaeological investigations of prehistoric and historic households in southeastern North America. There are a number of inherent challenges to the archaeology of households in the region, including generally poor preservation and a long history of relatively insubstantial domestic architecture. An appraisal of the historical development of household archaeology developed slowly in the Southeast, largely in reaction to trends in other areas of the world. Over the last decade, however, southeastern archaeologists have been at the vanguard of the application of new approaches to households. From an early focus on generalizable patterns of domestic activities and behavior, researchers increasingly view households as historical constructs situated within larger landscapes. Prominent areas of concern include enduring issues such as status variation, production, and consumption but also newer themes such as gender, identity and ethnicity, agency and power, and ritual and symbolism. Some of the most innovative studies explore the intersections of these topics. Conceptual and methodological challenges remain, but the household endures as a practical and productive focus of analysis and interpretation for southeastern archaeologists more than 30 years after household research in the area began.

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Section: Household Agency Power and Resistancementioning

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Section: Household Ritual and Symbolismmentioning

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Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Pluckhahn

2010

J Archaeol Res

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“…Around the same time, Pluckhahn's (2010b, 2011, 2013, 2015) additional block excavations targeting an area of later occupation south of Mound A likewise suggested a relatively sudden increase in the frequency and variety of Weeden Island pottery around AD 750. The Block D excavation also indicated that the occupation of Kolomoki persisted a century or so later than previously assumed, to at least around AD 900.…”

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A New History of Community Formation and Change at Kolomoki (9er1)

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We present a revised chronology for the Kolomoki site (9ER1) in Georgia, occupied primarily during the Middle and Late Woodland periods (ca. 200 BC to AD 1050). The considerable extent of the site has been noted for more than a century but came into sharper focus with the archaeological investigations by Sears (1956) and Pluckhahn (2003). The site includes at least nine mounds, a large central plaza, and a discontinuous habitation area nearly a kilometer in diameter. Previous interpretations assumed gradual and incremental changes in the community plan. We present a greatly revised chronology, based on new investigations in some of the lesser-known portions of the site and a doubling of the number of absolute dates. Bayesian modeling of these and previous dates reveals that, far from the gradualist assumption of previous work, the community at Kolomoki was dynamically transformed several times in its history, reaching its greatest spatial extent and formal complexity in two relatively short-lived phases. In these intervals, the village incorporated permanent residents and visitors into a single community in which daily face-to-face interactions were minimized even as communal identity was celebrated.

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“…Combined with the results of an extensive shovel-test survey and both radiocarbon and ceramic chronological determinations (Pluckhahn 2000(Pluckhahn , 2003, these data have provided the basis for novel interpretations of late Middle Woodland and early Late Woodland social organization and complexity. For example, Pluckhahn identified multiple scales of social integration at Kolomoki, such as household-level feasting (Pluckhahn et al 2006) and village-level ceremonialism associated with platform mounds, plazas, and burials (Pluckhahn , 2010b.…”

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“…The construction of Mound A at Roberts Island, Florida, also may relate to communal feasting activities, insofar as the oyster shells in mound fills appear to have been collected and processed over a shorter period of time-perhaps corresponding with a feasting event-than those from midden deposits (Sampson 2015). Though a much larger site, Kolomoki has produced a more modest record of feasting that appears to have been directed toward household-level solidarity (Pluckhahn et al 2006). The apparent differences in the scale and intended audience of these events underscore the diversity of Middle Woodland feasting practices, even as they raise additional questions.…”

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Local and “Global” Perspectives on the Middle Woodland Southeast

Wright

2016

J Archaeol Res

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During the Middle Woodland period, from 200 BC to AD 600, south-eastern societies erected monuments, interacted widely, and produced some of the most striking material culture of the pre-Columbian era, but these developments are often overshadowed by the contemporaneous florescence of Hopewell culture in Ohio. I argue that the demonstrable material links between the Middle Woodland Southeast and Midwest demand that we cease to analyze these regional archaeological records in isolation and adopt multiscalar perspectives on the social fields that emerged from and impacted local Middle Woodland societies. In synthesizing recent research on Middle Woodland settlement, monumentality, interaction, and social organization, I make explicit comparisons between the Middle Woodland Southeast and Ohio Hopewell, revealing both commonalities and contrasts. New methodological approaches in the Southeast, including geophysical survey techniques, Bayesian chronological modeling, and high-resolution provenance analyses, promise to further elucidate site-specific histories and intersite connectivity. By implementing theoretical frameworks that simultaneously consider these local and global dimensions of Middle Woodland sociality, we may establish the southeastern Middle Woodland period as an archaeological context capable of elucidating the deep history of the Eastern Woodlands as well as long-standing issues surrounding middle-range societies.

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Evidence of Small-Scale Feasting from the Woodland Period Site of Kolomoki, Georgia

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

Household Archaeology in the Southeastern United States: History, Trends, and Challenges

A New History of Community Formation and Change at Kolomoki (9er1)

Local and “Global” Perspectives on the Middle Woodland Southeast

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