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The Bioarchaeology of Virginia Burial Mounds /

A long-ignored prehistoric moundbuilding people. By the 14th century more than a dozen accretional burial mounds-reaching heights of 12 to 15 feet-marked the floodplains of interior Virginia. Today, none of these mounds built by the nearly forgotten Monacan Indians remain on the landscape, having be...

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Auteur principal: Gold, Debra L. (Debra Lynn), 1967-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • From Jefferson to Jamestown : Monacan history through English eyes
  • Virginia burial mounds
  • The bioarchaeology of middle range societies
  • Bioarchaeological analysis : skeletal inventory, subsistence and health patterns, and mortuary activity
  • From measurements to meaning : Monacan history through Monacan bones.