ABSTRACT

This paper develops the case for an indigenous polity on the lower Ocmulgee River in Georgia. Doing so enhances understanding of the late prehistoric–early historic indigenous cultural landscape in the Atlantic coastal plain. It also allows for refined interpretation of indigenous responses to European colonial activities. Two lines of evidence, a ceramic attribute analysis and a European artifact analysis, are the principal new bases for establishing the polity’s history. These results indicate that three chiefly centers were sequentially occupied. Ultimately, under colonial-era stresses, the polity changed from having more to less interaction with external groups and it became more strongly oriented to the Atlantic coastal zone.

摘要

本文提出了佐治亚州下奥克穆吉河下游的土著政体的案例。这样做可以增进对大西洋沿岸平原史前晚期-早期历史性土著文化景观的了解。它还可以对欧洲对殖民地活动的本土反应做出精细的解释。确立陶瓷政体历史的主要新依据有两点，即陶瓷属性分析和欧洲文物分析。这些结果表明三个主要中心被依次占据。最终，在殖民时代的压力下，政体与外部团体的互动程度从增加到减少，并且变得更加强烈地面向大西洋沿海地区。