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Foodways Fabulations: Macrobotanicals from Moundville's Northeastern Riverbank

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dc.contributorBlair, Elliot
dc.contributorDecaro, Jason
dc.contributorHelfrecht, Courtney
dc.contributorMargulies, Jared
dc.contributor.advisorChiou, Katherine L.
dc.contributor.authorMathu, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-17T16:18:51Z
dc.date.available2024-09-17T16:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis looks at plant remains from an archaeological site, Moundville (1Tu500), in the Black Warrior River Valley of west central Alabama. This thesis draws upon science-technology-studies (STS) scholarship to explore foodways through feminist, flowing, fragmented, factual, and futuristic lenses. Excavations near Mound Z at the northeastern periphery of the site, away from Moundville's central plaza, provided the macrobotanical remains (plants visible to the naked eye, such as seeds, nuts, and other plant remains) for this project. Radiocarbon dates and excavated structures suggest a late 15th century occupation and use of the site. Maize (Zea mays L.) was by far the most abundant taxa, and taxa diversity across the entire excavation was quite low. This data, paired with the theoretical framework, muddies previous interpretations about late Moundville's site abandonment and asks what plants can, and cannot, tell us about the human past. Specifically, northeastern riverbank samples suggest an occupation at Moundville stretching later into site history than previously assumed, as well as one that was networked throughout the Black Warrior River Valley.en_US
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.other1090188
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/14484
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.subjectmaize
dc.subjectMississippian archaeology
dc.subjectMoundville
dc.subjectpaleoethnobotany
dc.subjectsoutheastern foodways
dc.titleFoodways Fabulations: Macrobotanicals from Moundville's Northeastern Riverbanken_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Anthropology
etdms.degree.disciplineArchaeology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.

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