Afterimages of Kincaid Mounds

• Main Author: Pursell, Corin Clayton O'Brien
• Format: Others
• Published: OpenSIUC 2016
• Subjects: Archaeology; Ceramics; GIS; Mississippian; Native American; Ohio Valley
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1229; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2233&context=dissertations

This research will address how the monumental organization of Kincaid Mounds was put together through time. The measurable variability in the potential performative presentation of the mounds and structures of Kincaid will be treated as an archaeological dataset for the exploration of social change. This dataset will emphasize the topological relationships among earthworks, structures, and the ancient Native Americans living within and actively constructing the site and their society. The dynamics of change in the public presentation of these earthworks will relate to public practice and changing political strategies, a local history indicative of Kincaid’s internal social processes and political trajectory in the broader Ohio Valley and Mississippian culture.