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UNINA9910456403403321 |
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The search for Mabila [[electronic resource] ] : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa / / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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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 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910467667303321 |
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Nordenskiöld Adolf Erik |
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La découverte du passage du Nord-est / / Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Primento Digital Publishing, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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1 online resource (133 pages) |
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Electronic books. |
Siberia (Russia) History |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910455815203321 |
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Titolo |
Veterans and Agent Orange [[electronic resource] ] : update 1998 / / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
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1-282-08201-9 |
9786612082016 |
0-309-52468-7 |
0-585-16243-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (623 p.) |
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Agent Orange - Health aspects |
Agent Orange - Toxicology |
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - Health risk assessment - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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