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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456403403321

Titolo

The search for Mabila [[electronic resource] ] : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa / / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8173-8242-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightVernon J

Disciplina

970.01/6092

Soggetti

Mabila, Battle of, Ala., 1540

Spaniards - Southern States - History - 16th century

Choctaw Indians - First contact with Europeans

Spaniards - Southern States - Antiquities

Choctaw Indians - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama

Electronic books.

Southern States Discovery and exploration Spanish Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally delivered at the conference "The Search for Mabila : A Three-Day Multidisciplinary Workshop", held at the University of Alabama, Sept. 28-30, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Part I: Background; 1. An Account of the Battle of Mabila, by an Eyewitness / Luys Hernández de Biedma, translated and edited by John E. Worth; 2. The Battle of Mabila in Historical Perspective / Lawrence A. Clayton; 3. How Historical Are the De Soto Chronicles? / George E. Lankford; 4. The De Soto Map and the Luna Narratives: An Overview of Other Sixteenth-Century Sources / Kathryn E. Holland Braund; 5. A Review of De Soto's Itinerary between Talisi and Apafalaya / Vernon James Knight Jr.

6. The Village of Mabila: Archaeological Expectations / Ned J. Jenkins7. What Indian Pottery of Sixteenth-Century Central Alabama Looks Like and Why It Matters / Amanda L. Regnier; 8. What Do Spanish Expeditionary Artifacts of Circa 1540 Look Like and How Often Are



They Preserved? / Gregory A. Waselkov; 9. The Present State of Archaeological Survey and Site File Data for the Alabama River and Adjacent Regions / Craig T. Sheldon Jr.; 10. The United States and Alabama De Soto Commissions / Douglas E. Jones; 11. Seeking Methods That Work / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Part II: Conference Results

12. A Comparative Analysis of the De Soto Accounts on the Route to, and Events at, Mabila / Robbie Ethridge, Kathryn E. Holland Braund, Lawrence A. Clayton, George E. Lankford, and Michael D. Murphy13. The Battle of Mabila: Competing Narratives / Kathryn E. Holland Braund; 14. Tracing De Soto's Trail to Mabila / Eugene M. Wilson, Douglas E. Jones, and Neal G. Lineback; 15. The Archaeology of Mabila's Cultural Landscape / Gregory A. Waselkov, Linda Derry, and Ned J. Jenkins; Postscript / Vernon James Knight Jr.; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within an Indian province known as Mabila. Although the Indians were defeated, the battle was a decisive blow to Spanish plans for the conquest and settlement of what is now the southeastern United States. For in that battle, De Soto's army lost its baggage, including all proofs of the richness of