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UNINA9910454781303321 |
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Titolo |
A world engraved [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology of the Swift Creek culture / / edited by Mark Williams and Daniel T. Elliott |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8319-0 |
0-585-21857-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WilliamsJ. Mark |
ElliottDaniel T. <1954-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Georgia - Antiquities |
Indians of North America - Southern States - Antiquities |
Indian pottery - Southern States |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Southern States |
Electronic books. |
Swift Creek Site (Ga.) |
Southern States Antiquities |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-338) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Swift Creek research / Mark Williams and Daniel T. Elliott -- Swift Creek site excavations / Alan Marsh -- The northern and eastern expression of Swift Creek culture / Daniel Elliott -- Shrines of the prehistoric South / Mark Williams and Jennifer Freer Harris -- Swift Creek / David W. Chase -- Swift Creek design investigations / Frankie Snow -- Swift Creek designs / Frankie Snow and Keith Stephenson -- Neutron activation analysis of ceramics from Mandeville and Swift / Betty Smith -- Cultural interaction within Swift Creek society / James B. Stoltman and Frankie Snow -- Swift Creek phase design assemblages from two sites on the Georgia coast / Rebecca Saunders -- Kolomoki and the development of sociopolitical organization on the Gulf coastal plain / Karl Steinen -- Swift Creek traits in northeastern Florida / Keith Ashley -- 1973 and 1994 excavations at the block-sterns site, Leon County, Florida / B. Calvin Jones, Daniel T. Penton, and Louis D. Tesar -- Santa Rosa-Swift Creek in northwestern Florida / Judith A. Bense -- Swift |
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Creek in a regional perspective / David G. Anderson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people. The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from their pottery, which was decorated before firing with beautiful paddle-stamped designs--some of the most intricate and fascinating in the world. Comprehensive in scope, this volume details the discovery of this culture, summarizes what is known about it at the present time, and |
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