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Archaeology of the Moundville chiefdom / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr. and Vincas P. Steponaitis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry.
- Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mississippian culture--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.
- Mississippian culture.
- Chiefdoms--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.
- Chiefdoms.
- Indian pottery--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.
- Indian pottery.
- Social archaeology--Alabama--Black Warrior River Valley.
- Social archaeology.
- Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.).
- Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.)--Antiquities.
- Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At its height the Moundville ceremonial center was a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today, Moundville is not only one the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States, but also one of the most intensively studied. This volume brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site's evolution and eventual decline.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Edition; 1. A New History of Moundville; 2. Population Trends at Moundville; 3· Moundville as a Diagrammatic Ceremonial Center; 4. Domestic Life on the Northwest Riverbank at Moundville; 5. Of Time and the River: Perspectives on Health during the Moundville Chiefdom; 6. Human Subsistence at Moundville: The Stable-Isotope Data; 7. Outlying Sites within the Moundville Chiefdom; 8. The Oliver Site and Early Moundville I Phase Economic Organization; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-198) and index.
- OCLC:
- 609852646
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