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...
| Auteur principal: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
| Publié: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2004.
|
| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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.


