Archaeology of the Moundville chiefdom /

At its height the Moundville ceremonial center was a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today, Moundville is not only one the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States, but also one of the mos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Knight, Vernon J., Steponaitis, Vincas P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, 1998.
Colección:Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry.
Temas:
Mississippian culture > Alabama > Black Warrior River Valley.
Chiefdoms > Alabama > Black Warrior River Valley.
Indian pottery > Alabama > Black Warrior River Valley.
Social archaeology > Alabama > Black Warrior River Valley.
Culture du Mississippi > Alabama > Black Warrior, Vallée de la.
Chefferie (Anthropologie) > Alabama > Black Warrior, Vallée de la.
Archéologie sociale > Alabama > Black Warrior, Vallée de la.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Antiquities.
Chiefdoms.
Indian pottery.
Mississippian culture.
Social archaeology.
Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)
Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) > Antiquities.
Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Alab.)
Alabama > Black Warrior River Valley.
Alabama > Moundville > Moundville Archaeological Park.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Edition; 1. A New History of Moundville; 2. Population Trends at Moundville; 3· Moundville as a Diagrammatic Ceremonial Center; 4. Domestic Life on the Northwest Riverbank at Moundville; 5. Of Time and the River: Perspectives on Health during the Moundville Chiefdom; 6. Human Subsistence at Moundville: The Stable-Isotope Data; 7. Outlying Sites within the Moundville Chiefdom; 8. The Oliver Site and Early Moundville I Phase Economic Organization; Bibliography; Index

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