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Megadrought in the Carolinas : the archaeology of Mississippian collapse, abandonment, and coalescence / John S. Cable.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cable, John S., author.
- Series:
- Archaeology of the American South
- Archaeology of the American South : new directions and perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental archaeology.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on.
- Droughts.
- History.
- Mississippian culture.
- Indians of North America.
- Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (S.C.)--Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (S.C.).
- Indians of North America--South Carolina--Atlantic Coast--Antiquities.
- Mississippian culture--South Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Droughts--South Carolina--History.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on--South Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Human beings.
- Ethnoecology--South Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Ethnoecology.
- South Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Environmental archaeology--South Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- South Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The Central South Carolina Coast : at the margins of South Appalachian Mississippian interaction
- A model of ceramic change for the eastern wing of South Appalachian Mississippian
- The fifteenth-century depopulation of the Central South Carolina Coast
- The cultural and natural geography of megadrought
- Regions of the Greater Desert of Ocute
- Migration to the ring of drought resilience
- Drought-related indigenous disease epidemics
- The broader implications of late prehistoric societal collapse and transformation in the southern latitudes of the United States during an age of global warming.
- Notes:
- "A Dan Josslyn memorial publication"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-299) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780817392765
- 0817392769
- Publisher Number:
- 99984096485
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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