Chronology and acculturation in the Choctaw homeland, 1650-1850

Author

Marcus Hayes

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Peacock, Evan

Committee Member

Rafferty, Janet E.

Committee Member

Miller, Darcy Shane

Date of Degree

12-9-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Applied Anthropology

Degree Name

Master of Arts

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures

Abstract

A chronology of Choctaw archaeological assemblages is presented in the form of six seriations. The assemblages come from sites in a contiguous region that includes the North American Coal survey area in Kemper and Lauderdale counties. The results are combined with other archaeological evidence to examine how Choctaw material culture changed. Acculturation began in the mid-18th century, as indicated by small numbers of European gunflints, beads, and glass scrapers found at Choctaw sites. The three divisions of the Choctaw confederacy used different decorations in the 17th and 18th centuries; combing became the main decorative treatment everywhere in the Choctaw homeland by ca. 1780.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18914

Recommended Citation

Hayes, Marcus, "Chronology and acculturation in the Choctaw homeland, 1650-1850" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1060.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1060