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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459221403321

Autore

DeJarnette David L (David Lloyd), <1907-1991.>

Titolo

Archaeological salvage in the Walter F. George Basin of the Chattahoochee River in Alabama [[electronic resource] /] / David L. DeJarnette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2010, c1975

ISBN

0-8173-8521-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

975.8

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Chattahoochee River Valley - Antiquities

Indians of North America - Alabama - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Chattahoochee River Valley

Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama

Archaeological surveying - Chattahoochee River Valley

Electronic books.

Chattahoochee River Valley Antiquities

Alabama Antiquities

Walter F. George Reservoir Region (Ala. and Ga.) Antiquities

Chattahoochee River Valley History, Local

Alabama History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: University : University of Alabama Press, 1975.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I The Preliminary Archaeological Survey of the Chattahoochee Valley Area in Alabama; 1. The Historic Tribes in the Survey Area; 2. Study and Analysis of the Survey Material; 3. Summary and Conclusions; Part II Archaeological Investigations in the Walter F. George Basin; 4. Excavations; 5. Summary and Conclusions; Part III Special Investigation of 1 Ru 101, The Spanish Fort Site; 6. Historical Background; 7. Excavations; 8. Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

David L. DeJarnette, the founder of scientific archaeology in the state of Alabama, reports on archaeological surveys and excavations undertaken in the Chattahoochee River Valley between 1947 and 1962.



The three contributors, Wesley R. Hurt, Edward B. Kurjack, and Fred Lamar Pearson Jr., each made signal contributions to the archaeology of the southeastern states. With their mentor, David L. DeJarnette, they worked out a viable cultural chronology of the region from the earliest Paleoindian and Archaic foragers to the period of early European-Indian contact. They excavated key sites, incl