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The Chattahoochee chiefdoms / John H. Blitz and Karl G. Lorenz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blitz, John Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mississippian culture--Chattahoochee River Valley.
- Mississippian culture.
- Indians of North America--Chattahoochee River Valley--Kings and rulers.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Chattahoochee River Valley--Politics and government.
- Chiefdoms--Chattahoochee River Valley.
- Chiefdoms.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Chattahoochee River Valley.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Chattahoochee River Valley--Antiquities.
- Chattahoochee River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An overview and model of complex society in the prehistoric Southeast. Along the banks of the lower Chattahoochee River, the remains of ancient settlements are abundant, including archaeological sites produced by Native Americans between 900 and 350 years ago, and marked by the presence of large earthen mounds. Like similar monuments elsewhere in the Southeastern United States, the lower Chatta-hoochee River mounds have long attracted the attention of travelers, antiquarians, and archaeologists. As objects from the mounds were unearthed, occa
- Contents:
- Political and social integration in rank societies : a Mississippian case study
- Mississippian political and social integration
- Archaeology of the mound centers
- The cultural chronology, A.D. 1100-1650
- Archaeological measures of political integration
- Archaeological measures of social integration
- The rise and decline of the Chattahoochee chiefdoms
- Research synopsis and theory synthesis
- Appendix A: The multiple-mound-center excavations
- Appendix B: The single-mound-center excavations
- Appendix C: Pottery classification
- Appendix D: Seriation methods.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8460-X
- OCLC:
- 650060115
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