
Benjamin A. SteereWestern Carolina University | WCU · Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Benjamin A. Steere
Doctor of Philosophy
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January 2015 - October 2019
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August 2006 - May 2011
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Research at the Garden Creek and Biltmore Mound sites in western North Carolina provide the bedrock for our interpretation of the Middle Woodland period in the Appalachian Summit region. However, our understanding of Woodland period monumental architecture in western North Carolina beyond these sites is not as well developed. In this article I atte...
In December 1881, a small crew of workers led by A. J. Osborne, a local representative of the Valentine Museum of Richmond, Virginia, completely excavated a small mound on a farm owned by Daniel "Jasper" Allen near the town of Sylva in Jackson County, North Carolina. The mound is best known for a small but impressive collection of Mississippian-per...
Benjamin A. Steere’s compelling study explores the evolution of houses and households in the southeastern United States from the Woodland to the Historic Indian period (ca. 200 BC to 1800 AD). The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast contributes enormously to the study of household archaeology and domestic architecture in th...
This article describes the development and initial results of the Western North Carolina Mounds and Towns Project, a collaborative endeavor initiated by the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee and the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research Program at the University of Georgia. The goal of this project is to generate n...
The Fernvale site (40WM51) was excavated in 1985 prior to a bridge replacement spanning the South Harpeth River in northwestern Williamson County, Tennessee. Excavations resulted in the discovery of prehistoric features including 33 human burials, two dog burials, and three structure footprints. Temporally sensitive artifacts recovered from the sit...
Studies of social stratification in ancient Mesoamerica have taken two approaches. One is to identify legal or emic status positions as these may be defined by indigenous documents (nobility, commoners) or by prior theory (elite). Archaeologists using the direct historical approach can look for material patterns consistent with the historically nam...
Durante un total de ocho semanas entre 2008 y 2009, los autores llevaron a cabo una investigación arqueológica en San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, parte de la Mixteca Alta en el Estado de Oaxaca. El estudio fue una colaboración entre especialistas de distintas técnicas enfocando un problema definido de investigación: el urbanismo del Preclásico Tard...
Resumen: En 1948 Ignacio Bernal realizó excavaciones en Coixtlahuaca para verificar la idea de que este sitio hubiera sido el más importante para la Triple Alianza para hacerse de bie-nes de lujo procedentes de la Mixteca Alta. Sin embargo, sus excavaciones demostraron que el material azteca recolectado en el sitio de Inguiteria, capital de Coixtla...