Battle Mound: Exploring Space, Place, and History of a Red River Caddo Community in Southwest Arkansas

<p>This research is a synthesis of archaeogeophysical and archaeohistorical data collected from the Battle Mound site (3LA1). Using these data, this research seeks to understand how the site is organized in terms of architectural variability and how differential use areas, such as domestic or community space, can be compared to ethnographic and archaeological data concerning Caddo community structure and landscape use. The research is formulated around three research questions related to spatial organization and settlement patterning, intrasite behavioral practices, and Caddo culture history. Results show that an examination at multiple scales of resolution can inform about the spatial organization and settlement patterning of Caddo communities and how these underlying principles that define space have endured or been modified over time. It also proposes a new intrasite model that can be productively tested with geophysical methods and the mapping of the distribution of features within large village areas.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• McKinnon, Duncan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kvamme, Kenneth L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sabo, George III
• Brandon, Jamie C.

• Social sciences
• Earth sciences
• Archaeology
• Arkansas
• Battle Mound
• Caddo
• Geophysics
• Archaeological Anthropology
• Indigenous Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/715

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uark.edu:etd-1714