The search for Mabila : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Vernon J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542--Congresses.

Soto, Hernando de.

Tuskaloosa, Chief--Congresses.

Tuskaloosa.

Mabila, Battle of, Ala., 1540--Congresses.

Mabila, Battle of, Ala., 1540.

Spaniards--Southern States--History--16th century--Congresses.

Spaniards.

Choctaw Indians--First contact with other peoples--Congresses.

Choctaw Indians.

Spaniards--Southern States--Antiquities.

Choctaw Indians--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Alabama.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Southern States--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Congresses.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within an Indian province known as Mabila. Although the Indians were defeated, the battle was a decisive blow to Spanish plans for the conquest and settlement of what is now the southeastern United States. For in that battle, De Soto's army lost its baggage, including all proofs of the richness of

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Part I: Background; 1. An Account of the Battle of Mabila, by an Eyewitness / Luys Hernández de Biedma, translated and edited by John E. Worth; 2. The Battle of Mabila in Historical Perspective / Lawrence A. Clayton; 3. How Historical Are the De Soto Chronicles? / George E. Lankford; 4. The De Soto Map and the Luna Narratives: An Overview of Other Sixteenth-Century Sources / Kathryn E. Holland Braund; 5. A Review of De Soto's Itinerary between Talisi and Apafalaya / Vernon James Knight Jr.

6. The Village of Mabila: Archaeological Expectations / Ned J. Jenkins7. What Indian Pottery of Sixteenth-Century Central Alabama Looks Like and Why It Matters / Amanda L. Regnier; 8. What Do Spanish Expeditionary Artifacts of Circa 1540 Look Like and How Often Are They Preserved? / Gregory A. Waselkov; 9. The Present State of Archaeological Survey and Site File Data for the Alabama River and Adjacent Regions / Craig T. Sheldon Jr.; 10. The United States and Alabama De Soto Commissions / Douglas E. Jones; 11. Seeking Methods That Work / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Part II: Conference Results

12. A Comparative Analysis of the De Soto Accounts on the Route to, and Events at, Mabila / Robbie Ethridge, Kathryn E. Holland Braund, Lawrence A. Clayton, George E. Lankford, and Michael D. Murphy13. The Battle of Mabila: Competing Narratives / Kathryn E. Holland Braund; 14. Tracing De Soto's Trail to Mabila / Eugene M. Wilson, Douglas E. Jones, and Neal G. Lineback; 15. The Archaeology of Mabila's Cultural Landscape / Gregory A. Waselkov, Linda Derry, and Ned J. Jenkins; Postscript / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Papers originally delivered at the conference "The Search for Mabila : A Three-Day Multidisciplinary Workshop", held at the University of Alabama, Sept. 28-30, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8242-9

OCLC:

650060143