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Mississippian Period Status Differentiation through Textile Analysis: A Caddoan Example

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff
Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff*
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School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Abstract

Specific attributes were recorded for 119 textiles recovered from burial contexts from Craig Mound at the Spiro site and eight southern Ozark bluff shelters. Textile attributes that varied according to status designations of the burial contexts were identified using the following three avenues of investigation. The textiles were rated using an ordinal index of production complexity, and more complex textiles were found to be associated with burial contexts of presumed higher status. Use of a series of contingency tables identified edge finishes, color, patterning, design motif, fiber, and scale as attributes that are individually associated with status differences. When selected attributes were considered together using a classification and pattern-recognition program, color description, scale, fiber, and number of yarn components were identified as the best predictors of status association.

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Resumen

Se registraron atributos específicos para 119 textiles recuperados en contextos funerarios de Craig Mound, en el sitio de Spiro, y de ocho abrigos en el Ozark bluff sur. Para identificar aquellos atributos de los textiles que varían de acuerdo al status de los contextos mortuarios se emplearon tres avenidas de investigación. Los textiles fueron clasificados de acuerdo a un índice ordinal de complejidad en su produccción, descubriéndose que textiles más complejos se encuentran asociados con entierros de mayor status. Se utilizaron tablas de contingencia para identificar la terminación de bordes, los colores, los patrones, el diseño de motivos, la fibra y la escala como atributos individualmente asociados con diferencias de status. Al considerar conjuntos de atributos mediante un programa de clasificación y reconocimiento de patrones, se determinó que la descripción del color, la escala, la fibra y el número de hilos son los mejores predictores del status asociado.

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American Antiquity , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 125 - 145
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1993

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