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Pinson mounds : middle woodland ceremonialism in the midsouth / Robert C. Mainfort Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mainfort, Robert C., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Tennessee.
- Indians of North America.
- Pinson Mounds (Tenn.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (596 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville, Arkansas : University of Arkansas Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pinson Mounds: Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Midsouth is a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the largest Middle Woodland mound complex in the Southeast. Located in west Tennessee about ten miles south of Jackson, the Pinson Mounds complex includes at least thirteen mounds, a geometric earthen embankment, and contemporary short-term occupation areas within an area of about four hundred acres.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Pinson Mounds and Its Setting (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""; ""Chapter 2: Antiquarians� Perspectives on Pinson Mounds 2.0 (Mary L. Kwas)""; ""Chapter 3: Mapping Never-Never Land: An Examination of Pinson Mounds Cartography (Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Mary L. Kwas, and Andrew M. Mickelson)""; ""Chapter 4: Western Ritual Precinct (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""; ""Chapter 5: Central Ritual Precinct (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""
- ""Chapter 6: Eastern Ritual Precinct (The “Eastern Citadel�) (Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Andrew M. Mickelson, and Robert Thunen)""""Chapter 7: Calibrated Radiocarbon Chronology for Pinson Mounds and Related Sites""; ""Chapter 8: Pinson Mounds and the Middle Woodland Period in the Midsouth and Lower Mississippi Valley (Robert C. Mainfort Jr. and Charles H. McNutt)""; ""Appendix 1: Ceramics from Pinson Mounds""; ""Appendix 2: Politics and Prehistory: The Making of Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area (Mary L. Kwas)""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781610755276
- 1610755278
- OCLC:
- 863197202
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