Chronology and acculturation in the Choctaw Homeland, 1650-1850

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Chronology and acculturation in the Choctaw Homeland, 1650-1850

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Marcus Hayes See all items with this value

Date

2016

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Bibliographic Citation

Hayes, Marcus. 2016. Chronology and acculturation in the Choctaw homeland, 1650-1850. Unpublished MA thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies. Mississippi State University, Starkville.

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• Seriation of ceramics from the North American Coal survey area, Kemper and Lauderdale Counties, Mississippi.
• “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 [sic] used different decorations in the 17th and 18th centuries; combing became the main decorative treatment everywhere in the Choctaw homeland by ca. 1780.”
• Based primarily on surface finishes, includes some temper, and then European artifacts and conforms to Blitz’s 1995 work.
• Establishment of four trading posts in the Choctaw homeland in 1720s led to further interactions with European material goods (“acculturation” in the text).
• This is still a largely “colonial” discussion of Choctaw culture and history, particularly evidenced by the “genesis” of Choctaw in 1650 statement in the conclusions.

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Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value

Mississippi See all items with this value

Ceramics See all items with this value

Commerce See all items with this value

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Postcontact See all items with this value

17th Century See all items with this value

18th Century See all items with this value

19th Century See all items with this value