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The search for Mabila : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa /

One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Knight, Vernon J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An account of the Battle of Mabila, by an eyewitness / Luys Hernández de Biedma, translated and edited by John E. Worth
  • The Battle of Mabila in historical perspective / Lawrence A. Clayton
  • How historical are the de Soto chronicles? / George E. Lankford
  • The de Soto map and the luna narratives: an overview of other sixteenth-century sources / Kathryn E. Holland Braund
  • A review of de Soto's itinerary between Talisi and Apafalaya / Vernon James Knight jr.
  • The village of Mabila: archaeological expectations / Ned J. Jenkins
  • What Indian pottery of sixteenth-century central Alabama looks like and why it matters / Amanda L. Regnier
  • What do Spanish expeditionary artifacts of circa 1540 look like and how often are they preserved? / Gregory A. Waselkove
  • The present state of archaeological survey and site file data for the Alabama River and adjacent regions / Craig T. Sheldon jr.
  • The United States and Alabama de Soto commissions / Douglas E. Jones
  • Seeking methods that work / Vernon James Knight jr.
  • A comparative analysis of the de Soto accounts on the route and events at Mabila / Robbie Ethridge [and others]
  • The Battle of Mabila: competing narratives / Kathryn E. Holland Braund
  • Tracing De Soto's trail to Mabila / Eugene M. Wilson, Douglas E. Jones, and Neal G. Lineback
  • The archaeology of Mabila's cultural landscape / Gregory A. Waselkov, Linda Derry, and Ned J. Jenkins.