ABSTRACT This paper discusses a unique structure known as House 1 from the Hunze-Evans village site (23CG8) in Southeast Missouri as a small step toward addressing a dearth of infant-focused research in pre-Columbian North America in general, and within the Mississippian cultural tradition in particular. House 1 has previously been considered as a women’s special-use structure, and a review of archaeological and ethnohistoric sources regarding Mississippian gendered spaces lends support to this interpretation. However, specific attention to ideas that intersect with womanhood – particularly fertility, childbirth, and infancy – leads to a richer and more thorough interpretation of this structure. I suggest that House 1 represents a unique, local expression of Mississippian cosmological themes of gender and fertility as expressed through infant-focused activity, including mortuary ceremonialism, childbirth, and associated ritual seclusion.

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密西西比村庄的婴儿、母亲和性别空间：重访 Hunze-Evans 遗址的 Wilkie's House 1

摘要 本文讨论了密苏里州东南部 Hunze-Evans 村遗址 (23CG8) 的一个独特结构，作为解决前哥伦布时期北美和密西西比河内缺乏以婴儿为重点的研究的一小步。尤其是文化传统。House 1 以前被认为是女性的特殊用途结构，对有关密西西比性别空间的考古和民族历史资料的审查为这种解释提供了支持。然而，对与女性相交的观念的特别关注——尤其是生育、分娩和婴儿期——导致对这种结构的更丰富和更彻底的解释。我建议房子 1 代表一个独特的，