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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455058503321

Titolo

Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles H. McNutt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1996

ISBN

0-8173-8411-1

0-585-11935-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McNuttCharles H

Disciplina

977.01

977/.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Mississippi River Valley - Antiquities

Mississippian culture

Excavations (Archaeology) - Mississippi River Valley

Electronic books.

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 (p. 259-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Southeast Missouri / Robert H. Lafferty III and James E. Price; 2. The Western Kentucky Border and the Cairo Lowland / R. Barry Lewis; 3. The Reelfoot Lake Basin, Kentucky and Tennessee / Robert C. Mainfort, Jr.; 4. The Mississippi River Drainage of Western Tennessee / Gerald P. Smith; 5. Northeast Arkansas / Dan F. Morse and Phyllis A. Morse; 6. East-Central Arkansas / John H. House; 7. The Upper Yazoo Basin in Northwest Mississippi / Charles H. McNutt; 8. The Central Mississippi Valley: A Summary / Charles H. McNutt; References; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Central Mississippi Valley, defined as the region along the Mississippi River from where the Ohio River joins in the north to its confluence with the Arkansas River in the south, lies between the two most important archaeological areas of the Southeast: American Bottom/Cahokia and the Lower Yazoo Basin. The valley has been influenced by these major centers and has a complex history of its own. Contributions from experts throughout the region present current, if sometimes conflicting, views of the regional cultural sequences



supported by data from recent surveys and excavations, as