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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453104403321

Autore

Mainfort Robert C. <1948->

Titolo

Pinson mounds : middle woodland ceremonialism in the midsouth / / Robert C. Mainfort Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, Arkansas : , : University of Arkansas Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61075-527-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (596 p.)

Disciplina

976.8

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Tennessee

Electronic books.

Pinson Mounds (Tenn.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Pinson Mounds and Its Setting (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""; ""Chapter 2: Antiquarians� Perspectives on Pinson Mounds 2.0 (Mary L. Kwas)""; ""Chapter 3: Mapping Never-Never Land: An Examination of Pinson Mounds Cartography (Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Mary L. Kwas, and Andrew M. Mickelson)""; ""Chapter 4: Western Ritual Precinct (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""; ""Chapter 5: Central Ritual Precinct (Robert C. Mainfort Jr.)""

""Chapter 6: Eastern Ritual Precinct (The “Eastern Citadel�) (Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Andrew M. Mickelson, and Robert Thunen)""""Chapter 7: Calibrated Radiocarbon Chronology for Pinson Mounds and Related Sites""; ""Chapter 8: Pinson Mounds and the Middle Woodland Period in the Midsouth and Lower Mississippi Valley (Robert C. Mainfort Jr. and Charles H. McNutt)""; ""Appendix 1: Ceramics from Pinson Mounds""; ""Appendix 2: Politics and Prehistory: The Making of Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area (Mary L. Kwas)""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

Pinson Mounds: Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Midsouth is a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the largest Middle Woodland mound complex in the Southeast. Located in west Tennessee about ten miles south of Jackson, the Pinson Mounds complex includes



at least thirteen mounds, a geometric earthen embankment, and contemporary short-term occupation areas within an area of about four hundred acres.