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Archaeological Implications of Social Stratification at the Etowah Site, Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Lewis H. Larson Jr.
Lewis H. Larson Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Eastern Kentucky University
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Abstract

The excavation of Mound C, at the Etowah site, near Cartersville, Georgia, revealed a series of burials which suggests social stratification within the resident population. The differences between burials in the mound and those within the village cemeteries is to be seen not only in the more elaborate goods which accompany the mound burials, but also in the fact that the mound burials are accompanied by goods made of exotic and rare materials. The duplication of certain kinds of materials with individuals who represent different age groups suggests that the costume and paraphernalia is symbolic of an office and does not reflect individual taste in ornamentation.

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Research Article
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 25: Approaches to the Social Dimensions of Mortuary Practices , July 1971 , pp. 58 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1971

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