Ceramics, chronology, and community patterns : an archaeological study at Moundville / Vincas P. Steponaitis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steponaitis, Vincas P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Mississippian culture.

Mississippian pottery--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Mississippian pottery.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.

Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.).

Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.)--Antiquities.

Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moundville, located on the Black Warrior River in west-central Alabama, is one of the best known and most intensively studied archaeological sites in North America. Yet, in spite of all these investigations, many aspects of the site's internal chronology remained unknown until the original 1983 publication of this volume. The author embarked on a detailed study of Moundville ceramics housed in museums and collections, and hammered out a new chronology for Moundville.This volume is a clearly written description of the analytical procedures employed on these ceramic samples and the ne

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Ceramic Technology; 3 Classification of Moundville Ceramics; 4 Ceramic Chronology; 5 Community Patterns At Moundville; 6 Conclusion: A Regional Perspective; Vessels and Shred Illustrations; Appendix A Individual Vessel Descriptions; Appendix B Vessels Indexed by Burial Number; Appendix C Stratigraphic Level Descriptions; Appedix D Shred Frequencies by Level; Appendix E Methods for Measuring Physical Properties; Appendix F Type- Variety Descriptions; Appendix G Vessels indexed by Type and Variety

Appendix H Vessels Indexed by Dimesions Other Than by Type and VarietyReferences; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-368) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8250-X

OCLC:

650060157