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The archaeology of Town Creek /

The sequence of change for public architecture during the Mississippian period may reflect a centralization of political power through time. In the research presented here, some of the community-level assumptions attributed to the appearance of Mississippian mounds are tested against the archaeologi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boudreaux, Edmond A., III, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The sequence of change for public architecture during the Mississippian period may reflect a centralization of political power through time. In the research presented here, some of the community-level assumptions attributed to the appearance of Mississippian mounds are tested against the archaeological record of the Town Creek site - the remains of a town located on the northeastern edge of the Mississippian culture area. In particular, the archaeological record of Town Creek is used to test the idea that the appearance of Mississippian platform mounds was accompanied by the centralization.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 134 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-132) and index.
ISBN:9780817381271
0817381279