Book contents
- The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains
- Cambridge World Archaeology
- The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Where and What Are the Great Plains?
- Chapter 3 Peopling the Continent, Peopling the Plains:
- Chapter 4 Paleoindian Hunters (and Gatherers):
- Chapter 5 Diversity, Environmental Change, and External Connection:
- Chapter 6 Mounds, Pots, Pipes, and Bison:
- Chapter 7 The Context of Maize Farming on the Great Plains
- Chapter 8 Settled Farmers and Their Neighbors, Part 1:
- Chapter 9 Settled Farmers and Their Neighbors Continued:
- Chapter 10 The Plains Village Period, Part 3:
- Chapter 11 One Promise Kept:
- Chapter 12 Afterword
- References
- Index
Chapter 7 - The Context of Maize Farming on the Great Plains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 November 2021
Book contents
- The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains
- Cambridge World Archaeology
- The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Where and What Are the Great Plains?
- Chapter 3 Peopling the Continent, Peopling the Plains:
- Chapter 4 Paleoindian Hunters (and Gatherers):
- Chapter 5 Diversity, Environmental Change, and External Connection:
- Chapter 6 Mounds, Pots, Pipes, and Bison:
- Chapter 7 The Context of Maize Farming on the Great Plains
- Chapter 8 Settled Farmers and Their Neighbors, Part 1:
- Chapter 9 Settled Farmers and Their Neighbors Continued:
- Chapter 10 The Plains Village Period, Part 3:
- Chapter 11 One Promise Kept:
- Chapter 12 Afterword
- References
- Index
Summary
As the next three chapters discuss, communities of maize farmers appeared in a limited area at the northeastern edge of the grasslands during the 10th century and over a much larger area in the following centuries. This shift had implications for virtually every aspect of the lives the people in these communities and their neighbors lived, as did similar shifts throughout the world. This chapter presents a background to these changes on the Great Plains. Chapters 8 through 10 examine the archaeology of Plains farmers and their hunter-gatherer neighbors from AD 950 to AD 1500 more concretely with this background in mind.
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- The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains , pp. 195 - 217Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021