Exploring Tribal Settlement Ecology in the Southeast: A Case Study from the North Carolina Piedmont, 800–1600 Ce

摘要: Ecological studies of pre-contact tribal groups tend to focus on the environmental aspects ecology; far less research has explored social, economic, and political interactions that influence between a group its environment landscape. In this research, we present comprehensive approach studying ecology through use archaeological settlement patterns. We combination ceramic analysis, GIS-based landscape reconstruction, discriminant function analysis explore relationships location, size, various cultural features Our work focuses Piedmont Village Tradition (PVT) peoples upper Yadkin River Valley in North Carolina during 800-1600 CE. Studies cultures Southeast time period are rare. results indicate intergroup relations strongly influenced patterns, suggesting take more inclusive their ...