Pox, empire, shackles, and hides : the Townsend site, 1670-1715 / Jon Bernard Marcoux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcoux.

Contributor:

Jon Bernard..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cherokee Indians--Tennessee--Townsend--History.

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Indians--Antiquities.

Cherokee Indians--Dwellings--Tennessee--Townsend.

Households--Tennessee--Townsend--History.

Households.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Tennessee--Townsend.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Townsend (Tenn.)--Antiquities.

Townsend (Tenn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries were an extremely turbulent time for southeastern American Indian groups. Indeed, between the founding of the Charles Town colony along the south Atlantic coast in 1670 and the outbreak of the Yamasee War in 1715, disease, warfare, and massive population displacements dramatically altered the social, political, and economic landscape of the entire region. This volume examines issues of culture contact and social identity by exploring how this chaotic period played out in the daily lives of Cherokee households, especially those

Contents:

Pox, empire, shackles, and hides : defining the English contact period in the Southeast, 1670-1715

The Townsend site : the archaeological embodiment of a shatter zone community

Potting traditions and household identities at Townsend

Space and time in the daily lives of Townsend households

Appendix A. Statistical methodology

Appendix B. Architectural data for Cherokee and Mississippian structures.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8483-9

OCLC:

772459216