AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EARSPOOLS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGIONS

Erickson, Denise Renee

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EARSPOOLS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGIONS

dc.contributor.advisor	Livingood, Patrick
dc.contributor.author	Erickson, Denise Renee
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Hammerstedt, Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Levine, Marc
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-10T20:49:04Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-10T20:49:04Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.manuscript	2018
dc.description.abstract	Earspools dating from the Mississippi Period are found throughout the Southeast region of North America. Some of these artifacts were recovered from sites in the Arkansas and Red River Valley regions which share similarities with those from other Mississippian sites in form, material type, size, and decorative motifs. The variability suggests that not all earspools were intended to be identical. They may have been constructed to communicate different information about the individual who wore them and to the intended audience who viewed them. Differences in stylistic attributes also provide insight into regional difference, changes in cultural practices over time, and individual identity.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/299855
dc.subject	Earspools	en_US
dc.subject	Caddo Indians	en_US
dc.subject	Spiro Site	en_US
dc.subject	Mound Cultures	en_US
dc.subject	Mississippian Cultures	en_US
dc.subject	Arkansas River Valley	en_US
dc.subject	Oklahoma	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Arts	en_US
dc.title	AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EARSPOOLS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGIONS	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Anthropology	en_US
shareok.orcid	0000-0003-2082-3242	en_US