| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication |
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Dan Josselyn memorial publication
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| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to the Mound Excavations, 1989-1998; 2. Chronology, Units of Content, and Pottery Classification; 3. Classification of Objects Other than Pottery; 4. Excavations in Mound Q; 5. Excavations in Mound E; 6. Excavations in Mounds P, R, F, G, and A; 7. Collections from Mounds B, H, I, J, K, L, and M; 8. Zooarchaeology of the Moundville Elite H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott; 9. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions; Appendix 1. Botanical Remains from Mounds Q and G; Appendix 2. Inventory of Features, Mounds Q and E |
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Appendix 3. Catalog Numbers of Illustrated ArtifactsAppendix 4. Those Who Did the Work; References Cited; Index |
| Summary |
This work is a state-of-the-art, data-rich study of excavations undertaken at the Moundville site in west central Alabama, one of the largest and most complex of the mound sites of pre-contact North America. Despite the site's importance and sustained attention by researchers, until now it has lacked a comprehensive analysis of its modern excavations. Richly documented by maps, artifact photo-graphs, profiles of strata, and inventories of materials found, the present work explores one expression of social complexity; the significance of Moundville's monumental architecture, including its earth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alabama -- Moundville
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Mounds -- Alabama -- Moundville
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Architecture -- Alabama -- Moundville -- History
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Alabama -- Moundville -- History
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Social archaeology -- Alabama -- Moundville
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Indians of North America -- Alabama -- Moundville -- Antiquities
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Mississippian culture -- Alabama -- Moundville
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Antiquities
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Architecture
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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Mississippian culture
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Mounds
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Social archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Moundville (Ala.) -- Antiquities
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Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087720
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Alabama -- Moundville
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Alabama -- Moundville -- Moundville Archaeological Park
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jackson, H. Edwin.
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Scott, Susan L.
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| LC no. |
2009040733 |
| ISBN |
0817381511 |
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9780817381516 |
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0817316876 |
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9780817316877 |
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