Abstract
This chapter discusses the structure and organization of prehistoric communities derived from excavated data. The basic tenet, an outgrowth of the model of prehistoric cultural development in the Cannon Project area, is that pre-Mississippian societies were egalitarian in nature. Based on findings to date, no archeological evidence indicating a level beyond this type of organization has been found. Therefore, it is assumed that household clusters will show complementary form and function, that is, they will not differ significantly within or between contemporaneous sites. The chapter discusses the composition of a community, presenting examples of various archeological features that together comprise a typical egalitarian residential community. It discusses the spatial configuration of a number of communities, highlighting similarities and differences among them.
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