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Pottery and chronology at Angel [electronic resource] / Sherri L. Hilgeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hilgeman, Sherri Lynn, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Indiana--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Mississippian culture--Indiana.
- Mississippian culture.
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site (Ind.).
- Indiana--Antiquities.
- Indiana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By analyzing the pottery found at a well-known archaeological site, Hilgeman constructs the long-awaited timeline for the rise and decline of this ancient society. Located near present-day Evansville, Indiana, the Angel site is one of the important archaeological towns associated with prehistoric Mississippian society. More than two million artifacts were collected from this site during excavations from 1939 to 1989, but, until now, no systematic survey of the pottery sherds had been conducted. This volume, documenting the first in-depth analysis of Angel site pottery, also pro
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Pottery studies in Mississippian archaeology
- Decorated plates, bottles, bowls, and jars
- Closed and open handles
- Angel negative painted plates
- Chronology of the Angel site and phase
- Angel in regional perspective.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8372-7
- OCLC:
- 650060139
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