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Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar /
Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human culture. The built environment envelops our lives and projects our distinctive regional and ethnic identities to the world around us. Archaeology and architecture find common theoretical ground in their perspectives on the homes, space...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©1998.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human culture. The built environment envelops our lives and projects our distinctive regional and ethnic identities to the world around us. Archaeology and architecture find common theoretical ground in their perspectives on the homes, spaces, and communities that people create for themselves. In this volume, prominent archaeologists examine the architectural design spaces of Mississippian towns and mound centers of the eastern United States. The diverse Mississippian societies, which existed between A.D. 900 and 1700, created some of the largest and most complex Native American archaeological sites in the United States. The dominant architectural feature shared by these communities was one or more large plazas, each of which was often flanked by buildings set on platform mounds. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585342458 9780585342450 9780817384685 0817384685 |