| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 178 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Pox, empire, shackles, and hides : defining the English contact period in the Southeast, 1670-1715 -- The Townsend site : the archaeological embodiment of a shatter zone community -- Potting traditions and household identities at Townsend -- Space and time in the daily lives of Townsend households -- Appendix A. Statistical methodology -- Appendix B. Architectural data for Cherokee and Mississippian structures |
| Summary |
The late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries were an extremely turbulent time for southeastern American Indian groups. Indeed, between the founding of the Charles Town colony along the south Atlantic coast in 1670 and the outbreak of the Yamasee War in 1715, disease, warfare, and massive population displacements dramatically altered the social, political, and economic landscape of the entire region. This volume examines issues of culture contact and social identity by exploring how this chaotic period played out in the daily lives of Cherokee households, especially those excavated at |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cherokee Indians -- Tennessee -- Townsend -- History
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Cherokee Indians -- Antiquities
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Cherokee Indians -- Dwellings -- Tennessee -- Townsend
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Households -- Tennessee -- Townsend -- History
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tennessee -- Townsend
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Antiquities
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Cherokee Indians
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Cherokee Indians -- Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Households
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Townsend (Tenn.) -- Antiquities
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Tennessee -- Townsend
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817384838 |
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0817384839 |
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