Agents of corporate identity : patterns and variability of effigy mound social organization and ritualism

This dissertation uses a contextual approach for elucidating the social organization of Effigy Mound peoples of southern Wisconsin during the Late Woodland period (AD 600 - AD 1150). Specifically, mound form, internal mound features, biological status, and biological distance analyses are used to inform the structure of Effigy Mound societies. -- Abstract.