Archaeology at Shiloh Indian mounds, 1899-1999 / Paul D. Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Paul D., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Tennessee--Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Mound-builders--Tennessee--Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark.

Mound-builders.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Tennessee--Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark--History.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark (Tenn.)--Antiquities.

Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark (Tenn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

100 years of archaeological excavations at an important American landmark. The Shiloh Indian Mounds archaeological site, a National Historic Landmark, is a late prehistoric community within the boundaries of the Shiloh National Military Park on the banks of the Tennessee River, where one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was fought in April 1862. Dating between AD 1000 and 1450, the archaeological site includes at least eight mounds and more than 100 houses. It is unique in that the land has never been plowed, so visitors can walk around the area and find the colla

Contents:

Introduction

History of research at Shiloh Indian mounds

Artifact typology

Excavations in 1933/1934

Queens College fieldwork in 1998

Queens College fieldwork in 1999

SEAC fieldwork in 1999 / by Paul D. Welch, David G. Anderson, and John E. Cornelison, Jr

Shiloh in context.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-286) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8459-6

OCLC:

650060162