Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lewis, R. Barry, Stout, Charles B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian architecture.
Urban Indians > North America.
Sacred space > Southern States.
Sacred space > Mississippi River Valley.
Culture du Mississippi.
Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Habitat urbain > États-Unis (Sud)
Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Habitat urbain > Mississippi, Vallée du.
Lieux sacrés > États-Unis (Sud)
Lieux sacrés > Mississippi, Vallée du.
Temple Mound period.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Urban Indians.
Antiquities
Mississippian culture
Sacred space
Southern States > Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities.
États-Unis (Sud) > Antiquités.
Mississippi, Vallée du > Antiquités.
North America.
Mississippi River Valley
Southern States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The design of Mississippian towns / R. Barry Lewis, Charles Stout, and Cameron B. Wesson
  • Town structure at the edge of the Mississippian world / Claudine Payne and John F. Scarry
  • The nature of Mississippian towns in Georgia: the King site example / David J. Hally and Hypatia Kelly
  • Mississippian towns in the eastern Tennessee valley / Gerald F. Schroedl
  • Mississippian sacred landscapes: the view from Alabama / Cameron B. Wesson
  • Mississippi period mound groups and communities in the lower Mississippi valley / Tristram R. Kidder
  • Mississippian towns in Kentucky / Charles Stout and R. Barry Lewis
  • Towns along the lower Ohio / Jon Muller
  • The Mississippian town plan and cultural landscape of Cahokia, Illinois / Scott J. Demel and Robert L. Hall
  • The town as metaphor / R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout.

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