Contributors celebrate and extend the work of anthropologist Gerald Schroedl (University of Tennessee), concentrating on his work on Mississippian and Cherokee sites and his later work in historic archaeology in the Caribbean. They report on excavations in Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, southern Appalachia, and the Caribbean, and what the excavations reveal about settlement patterns, environmental factors, health and nutrition, and tribal practices. Some subjects are Cherokee ethnogenesis and consumerism in the Caribbean. B&w photos, maps, and images. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Archaeological Adaptation: Case Studies of Cultural Transformation from the Southeast and Caribbean honors the work of longtime University of Tennessee anthropology professor Gerald Schroedl, whose career encompassed fieldwork and research in both prehistoric and historic archaeology. Schroedl&;s early career often focused its analysis on Mississippian and Cherokee sites, while his later years found him delving into historic archaeology in the Caribbean. Revisiting these touchstones of Schroedl&;s work, editor C. Clifford Boyd here gathers essays around the disciplinary theme of documentation and analysis of change. Contributors study excavations in Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, wider southern Appalachia, and the Caribbean, providing insight into Native American, African American, and English civilizations. Artifacts, architecture, human and structural remains, and climatic and environmental factors yield insight into changing settlement patterns, tribal practices, material culture, economic and political power relations, and health and nutrition. A preface tracing Schroedl&;s career and an afterword addressing developments in archaeological theory round out the volume.
