Caddo Connections: Cultural Interactions Within and Beyond the Caddo World

Description

Drawing on the latest archaeological fieldwork| Caddo Connections looks at the highly dynamic cultural landscape of the Caddo Area and its complex interconnections and exchanges with surrounding regions. The authors employ a multiscalar approach to examine cultural diversity through time and across space within the Caddo Area. They explore how and why this diversity developed| consider what allowed it to stabilize during the Mississippian period| and analyze changes following contact between historic Caddo peoples and Europeans. Looking beyond individual river valleys to the broader macroregion| they also address the linkages connecting the Caddo Area with the Southeast| southern Plains| and Southwest.