Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast : archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South / John A. Walthall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walthall, John A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Alabama--Antiquities.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Southern States.

Alabama--Antiquities.

Alabama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1990, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the prehistory of the region encompassed by the present state of Alabama and spans a period of some 11,000 years-from 9000 B.C. and the earliest documented appearance of human beings in the area to A.D. 1750, when the early European settlements were well established. Only within the last five decades have remains of these prehistoric peoples been scientifically investigated. This volume is the product of intensive archaeological investigations in Alabama by scores of amateur and professional researchers. It represents no end product but rather is an initi

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Preface; 1 Discovering the Past; 2 The Environment; 3 Pioneer Hunters and Gatherers; 4 The Archaic Stage; 5 The Gulf Formational Stage; 6 The Woodland Stage; 7 The Mississippian Stage; 8 The Twilight of Prehistory; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-296) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8382-4

0-585-27303-0

OCLC:

650060159