Mississippian Towns and Sacred Spaces : Searching for an Architectural Grammar.

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Archaeologists and architects draw upon theoretical perspectives from their fields to provide valuable insights into the structure, development, and meaning of prehistoric communities. Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human culture. The built environment envelops our lives...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, R. Barry
Otros Autores: Stout, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1999.
Temas:
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian architecture.
Urban Indians > North America.
Sacred space > Southern States.
Sacred space > Mississippi River Valley.
Culture du Mississippi.
Lieux sacrés > États-Unis (Sud)
Lieux sacrés > Mississippi, Vallée du.
Temple Mound period.
Urban Indians
Antiquities
Mississippian architecture
Mississippian culture
Sacred space
Southern States > Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities.
États-Unis (Sud) > Antiquités.
North America
Mississippi River Valley
Southern States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Design of Mississippian Towns; 2. Town Structure at the Edge of the Mississippian World; 3. The Nature of Mississippian Towns in Georgia: The King Site Example; 4. Mississippian Towns in the Eastern Tennessee Valley; 5. Mississippian Sacred Landscapes: The View from Alabama; 6. Mississippi Period Mound Groups and Communities in the Lower Mississippi Valley; 7. Mississippian Towns in Kentucky; 8. Towns along the Lower Ohio; 9. The Mississippian Town Plan and Cultural Landscape of Cahokia, Illinois; 10. The Town as Metaphor.
  • References CitedContributors; Index.

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