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First published in 1995, Mississippian Communities and Households was a foundational text that advanced southeastern archaeology in significant ways and brought household-level archaeology to the forefront of the field. This text revisits and builds on what has been learned in the years since the original volume.

Reevaluates the Coe typology and sequence, analysing their strengths and weaknesses. Daniel reviews the history of the projectile point type concept in the Southeast and revisits both Coe's axiom and his notions regarding cultural continuity and change based on point types.

Uses archaeological research on four neighbourhoods that were razed during the construction of public housing in World War II-era New Orleans. Although each of these neighbourhoods was identified as a "slum" historically, the material record challenges the simplicity of this designation.

Considers the Native American abandonment of the South Carolina coast. In Megadrought in the Carolinas, John Cable demonstrates through the application of innovative ceramic analysis that a fifteenth-century abandonment event took place across an area of some 34.5 million acres centered on the South Carolina coast.

Broadly considers Native American religion and ritual in the eastern North America and focuses on practices that altered and used a vast array of material items as well as how physical spaces were shaped by religious practices.

Provides analyses of large datasets from the midcontinent, ranging from tiny charred seeds to the cosmic alignments of mounds, to explore new questions about the religious practices and lives of native peoples. At the core of the book are case studies that explore religious practices from the Cahokia area and surrounding Illinois uplands.