Detecting preference in the archaeological record: a study of glass trade beads among the Natchez Indians

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dc.contributorGalbraith, Marysia H.
dc.contributorJacobi, Keith P.
dc.contributorKnight, Vernon J.
dc.contributorRable, George C.
dc.contributor.advisorBrown, Ian W.
dc.contributor.authorWiegand, Leah Williams
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:53:47Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractA previously undocumented sample of over 13,800 glass trade beads from historic Natchez Indian sites in Adams County, Mississippi was classified and 52 separate varieties were identified. The data were then analyzed in order to examine variation between six Natchez settlement districts, or village areas. Ethnic and political differences are known to have existed between these districts, so the study sought to explore how this might have affected the use of glass beads. Settlement district assemblages were evaluated on the basis of diversity of bead varieties, frequencies of bead construction methods, and frequencies of beads by color. Statistically significant differences were found to exist, suggesting that these distributions were not the result of chance. Disparities in the occurrence of blue and white beads between French and English-allied districts were particularly pronounced. Since the settlement districts are comparable in time and geographic location, and had roughly equal access to trade beads, it is argued that these differences in bead assemblages were the result of specific group preferences, perhaps relating to political factions within the Natchez chiefdom.en_US
dc.format.extent160 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001428
dc.identifier.otherWiegand_alatus_0004M_11747
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1892
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.titleDetecting preference in the archaeological record: a study of glass trade beads among the Natchez Indiansen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Anthropology
etdms.degree.disciplineAnthropology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.
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