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Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley.

Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region. The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely kno...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-
Otros Autores: Dye, David H., Moore, Michael C. (Michael Carter), Benn, David W., 1948-, Greenlee, Diana M., 1963-, Mainfort, Robert C., 1948-, Morrow, Carol A., Teltser, Patrice A., 1954-, McCutcheon, Patrick T., Kreisa, Paul P., Lafferty, Robert H., Perttula, Timothy K., Fox, Gregory L., Dunnell, Robert C., 1942-2010
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. A Brief Introduction to the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi River Valley; 2. An Examination of Mississippian-Period Phases in Southeastern Missouri; 3. Pottery, Radiocarbon Dates, and Mississippian-Period Chronology Building in Western Kentucky; 4. An Overview of Walls Engraved Pottery in the Central Missis-sippi Valley; 5. Graves Lake: A Late Mississippian-Period Village in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; 6. Landscape Change and Settlement Location in the Cairo Lowland of Southeastern Missouri.
  • 7. Nonsite Survey in the Cairo Lowland of Southeastern Missouri8. Powers Fort: A Middle Mississippian-Period Fortified Community in the Western Lowlands of Missouri; 9. The Langdon Site, Dunklin County, Missouri; 10. Moon: A Fortified Mississippian-Period Village in Poinsett County, Arkansas; 11. Variability in Crowley's Ridge Gravel; 12. Blade Technology and Nonlocal Cherts: Hopewell Traits at the Twenhafel Site, Southern Illinois; 13. Prehistoric Diet in the Central Mississippi River Valley; Notes; References; Contributors; Index.