List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Edition; 1. A New History of Moundville; 2. Population Trends at Moundville; 3ยท 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
Summary
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 most intensively studied. This volume brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site's evolution and eventual decline
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index