Negotiating Practices at the Emerald Site (11S1): A Case Study of Two Burned Structures

Summary

Located near the Silver Creek in the Illinois uplands of the midcontinent of the United States, the Emerald Site (11S1) in Lebanon, IL is a constructed Mississippian mound center where everyday practices were entangled with the performance of Mississippian religion. Recent excavations at the Emerald Site by Indiana University and the University of Illinois have unearthed high densities of non-domestic structures dating to the Terminal Late Woodland (TLW) Edelhardt (AD 950-1000) and Early Mississippian Lohmann Phases (AD 1000-1050), indicating complex social practices interweaving TLW, Mississippian, and diverse migrant peoples from throughout the Midwest. This poster will focus on two burned structures, one characteristic of Edelhardt Phase peoples and the other to Lohmann Phase peoples, illustrating the ways in which religious practices and social representation are introduced, negotiated, and realized at the Emerald Site, and how the Edelhardt-Lohmann moment is impacting how we understand the importance of the site and religious practices in the fluorescence of Cahokia.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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