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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451472903321

Autore

Rees Mark A

Titolo

Plaquemine Archaeology [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8173-8146-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JeterMarvin D

WellsDouglas C

KidderTristram R

ShumanMalcolm K

WeinsteinRichard A

Beasley IIIVirgil Roy

RoeLori

BrownIan W

LivingoodPatrick

Disciplina

976.01

976/.01

Soggetti

Mounds

Plaquemine culture

Plaquemine pottery

Plaquemine culture - Louisiana

Mounds - Mississippi

Mounds - Louisiana

Plaquemine pottery - Mississippi

Plaquemine pottery - Louisiana

Excavations (Archaeology) - Mississippi

Excavations (Archaeology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction and Historical Overview / Mark A. Rees and Patrick C. Livingood; 2. Coles Creek Antecedents of Plaquemine Mound Construction: Evidence from the



Raffman Site / Lori Roe; 3. Extraregional Contact and Cultural Interaction at the Coles Creek-Plaquemine Transition: Recent Data from the Lake Providence Mounds, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana / Douglas C. Wells and Richard A; 4. Plaquemine Mounds of the Western Atchafalaya Basin / Mark A. Rees

5. Transitional Coles Creek-Plaquemine Relationships on Northwest Lake Salvador, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana / Malcolm K. Shuman 6. Plaquemine Recipes: Using Computer-Assisted Petrographic Analysis to Investigate Plaquemine Ceramic Recipes / Patrick C. Livingood; 7. Feasting on the Bluffs: Anna Site Excavations in the Natchez Bluffs of Mississippi / Virgil Roy Beasley III; 8. Plaquemine Culture in the Natchez Bluffs Region of Mississippi / Ian W. Brown; 9. The Outer Limits of Plaquemine Culture: A View from the Northerly Borderlands; 10. Contemplating Plaquemine Culture / Tristram R. Kidder

References Cited Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First major work to deal solely with the Plaquemine societies.  Plaquemine, Louisiana, about 10 miles south of Baton Rouge on the banks of the Mississippi River, seems an unassuming southern community for which to designate an entire culture. Archaeological research conducted in the region between 1938 and 1941, however, revealed distinctive cultural materials that provided the basis for distinguishing a unique cultural manifestation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Plaquemine was first cited in the archaeological literature by James Ford and Gordon Willey