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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453928503321

Autore

King Adam <1965->

Titolo

Etowah [[electronic resource] ] : the political history of a chiefdom capital / / Adam King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8173-8200-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

975.8/35

Soggetti

Mississippian culture - Georgia - Etowah River Valley

Chiefdoms - Georgia - Etowah River Valley

Mississippian pottery - Georgia - Etowah River Valley

Social archaeology - Georgia - Etowah River Valley

Electronic books.

Etowah Indian Mound State Historic Site (Ga.)

Etowah River Valley (Ga.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Index; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Mississippian Chiefdoms and Political Change; 2. The Etowah River Valley and Its Mississippian Archaeology; 3. A Political History of Etowah; 4. The Rise and Fall of Etowah Valley Chiefdoms; 5. Understanding Etowah Valley Political Change; 6. Summary and Future Directions; Appendix: Radiocarbon Dating the Occupations at Etowah; References Cited

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication   This is a detailed reconstruction of the waxing and waning of political fortunes among the chiefly elites at an important center of the prehistoric world.  At the time the first Europeans arrived in the New World, thousands of earthen platform mounds dotted the landscape of eastern North America. Only a few of the mound sites have survived the ravages of time and the devastation of pilferers; one of these valuable monuments is Etowah, located near Cartersville in northern Georgia. Over a period of more than