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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455036603321

Titolo

Mississippian towns and sacred spaces [[electronic resource] ] : searching for an architectural grammar / / edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8173-8468-5

0-585-34245-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisR. Barry

StoutCharles B

Disciplina

306/.09762

Soggetti

Mississippian culture

Mississippian architecture

Indians of North America - Urban residence - Southern States

Indians of North America - Urban residence - Mississippi River Valley

Sacred space - Southern States

Sacred space - Mississippi River Valley

Electronic books.

Southern States Antiquities

Mississippi River Valley Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Design of Mississippian Towns; 2. Town Structure at the Edge of the Mississippian World; 3. The Nature of Mississippian Towns in Georgia: The King Site Example; 4. Mississippian Towns in the Eastern Tennessee Valley; 5. Mississippian Sacred Landscapes: The View from Alabama; 6. Mississippi Period Mound Groups and Communities in the Lower Mississippi Valley; 7. Mississippian Towns in Kentucky; 8. Towns along the Lower Ohio; 9. The Mississippian Town Plan and Cultural Landscape of Cahokia, Illinois; 10. The Town as Metaphor

References CitedContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Archaeologists and architects draw upon theoretical perspectives from



their fields to provide valuable insights into the structure, development, and meaning of prehistoric communities.  Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human culture. The built environment envelops our lives and projects our distinctive regional and ethnic identities to the world around us. Archaeology and architecture find common theoretical ground in their perspectives of the homes, spaces, and communities that people create for themselves. Although archaeologists and architects m