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Bullen Series","Mississippian Women examines the lives, roles, and influence of women in Indigenous Mississippian societies through archaeology, gender analysis, and Indigenous feminist perspectives. The volume brings together research on communities and sites across regions such as Cahokia and the Upper Tennessee Valley, highlighting farming, craft production, kinship networks, work activities, culinary practices, and beliefs. It also addresses gendered power, matrilineal relationships, and evolving political structures, supported by references and an index, and contextualized by a foreword and scholarly contributions.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMISSISSIPPIAN WOMEN  \nFlorida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMISSISSIPPIAN WOMEN  \nEDITED BY  \nRachel V. Briggs, Michaelyn S. Harle, and Lynne P. Sullivan  \nForeword by Sheila Bird  \nUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA PRESS  \nGainesville  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright 2024 by Rachel V. Briggs, Michaelyn S. Harle, and Lynne P. Sullivan All rights reserved  \nPublished in the United States of America 29 28 27 26 25 24 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Briggs, Rachel V., editor. | Harle, Michaelyn S., editor. | Sullivan, Lynne P., editor.  \nTitle: Mississippian women / edited by Rachel V. Briggs, Michaelyn S. Harle, and Lynne P. Sullivan ; foreword by Sheila Bird.  \nOther titles: Ripley P. Bullen series.  \nDescription: 1. | Gainesville : University of Florida Press,[2024] | Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2023050550 | ISBN 9781683404149 (hardback) | ISBN 9781683404545 (ebook) | ISBN 9781683404316 (pdf)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Women—Mississippi—History. | Women pioneers—Mississippi. | Indigenous women—Mississippi—History. | Frontier and pioneer life—Mississippi. | BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology | HISTORY / Women  \nClassification: LCC HQ1438.M7 M57 2024 | DDC 305.409762—dc23/eng/20231108  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050550](https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050550)  \nUniversity of Florida Press 2046 NE Waldo Road Suite 2100  \nGainesville, FL 32609  \n[http://upress.ufl.edu](http://upress.ufl.edu)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAll author royalties from this volume will go to the Northeast Oklahoma Chapter of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), which is committed to advocating for missing and murdered Indigenous people of Oklahoma.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Figures  \nList of Tables  \nForeword  \n1. The Current State of (Mississippian) Women: Archaeology, Gender, and Indigenous Feminism  \nRachel V. Briggs and Michaelyn S. Harle  \n2. Recognizing Women at Cahokia: Farmers; Weavers; Agents of Polity  \nIntegration  \nGayle J. Fritz  \n3. Cooks, Cooking, and Cooking Pots: A Landscape of Culinary Practice and the Origins of Moundville, AD 1070–1200  \nRachel V. Briggs  \n4. The Life Course of Women in Upper Tennessee Valley, Dallas Phase  \nCommunities  \nMichaelyn S. Harle, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Lynne P. Sullivan  \n5. Mississippian Geographies of Fertility: A Multiscalar View from  \nSoutheast Missouri  \nJennifer Bengtson and Toni Alexander  \n6. Matrilineal Kinship Networks and Late Mississippian Politics in the  \nUpper Tennessee Valley  \nLynne P. Sullivan  \n7. Where Women Work: Taskscapes and Activity Area Analysis  \nRamieA. Gougeon  \n8. Earth Mother and Her Children: The Role of Mississippian Women in Shaping Beliefs and Material Culture in the Middle Cumberland Region  \nRobert V. Sharp  \n9. Gender, Craft Production, and Emerging Power in Mississippian  \nHierarchical Societies  \nMaureen S. Meyers  \n10. Women and Power at Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San Juan  \nChristopher B. Rodning, Rachel V. Briggs, RobinA. Beck, Gayle J. Fritz, HeatherA. Lapham, and David G. Moore  \n11. Fort Walton Women  \nNancy Marie White  \n12. Learning About and From Mississippian Women  \nLynne P. Sullivan  \nList of Contributors  \nIndex  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFIGURES  \n1.1. Map of the sites and areas discussed in this volume  \n2.1. Social organization exhibit at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Interpretive Center  \n2.2. Map of the greater American Bottom Region  \n2.3. Average ubiquity values of maize or starchy seeds for American Bottom sites by time period  \n2.4. Average density values of maize or starchy seeds for American Bottom sites by time period  \n3.1. Map of the subject area, including Moundville I phase sites  \n3.2. 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