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Standing Posts And Special Substances: Gathering And Ritual Deposition At Fetlus (22je500), Jefferson County, Mississippi, Megan C. Kassabaum, Erin S. Nelson
Standing Posts And Special Substances: Gathering And Ritual Deposition At Fetlus (22je500), Jefferson County, Mississippi, Megan C. Kassabaum, Erin S. Nelson
Megan C Kassabaum
Because it immediately precedes the Mississippi period, Coles Creek (A.D. 700–1200) culture is often viewed through the lens of Mississippian social organization. In particular, early platform mound-and-plaza complexes have long been understood as elite compounds due to their physical similarities with later sites. However, evidence regarding the construction and use of the monumental landscape at the Feltus site (22JE500 ) in Jefferson County, MS, suggests that platform mound construction was but one aspect of a broader ritual sequence aimed at gathering the dispersed Coles Creek community. In addition to mound building, this sequence included the setting and removal of freestanding …