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Autore |
Knight Vernon J |
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Titolo |
Mound excavations at Moundville [[electronic resource] ] : architecture, elites, and social order / / Vernon James Knight, Jr. ; with a contribution by H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (426 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JacksonH. Edwin |
ScottSusan L |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama - Moundville |
Mounds - Alabama - Moundville |
Architecture - Alabama - Moundville - History |
Elite (Social sciences) - Alabama - Moundville - History |
Social archaeology - Alabama - Moundville |
Indians of North America - Alabama - Moundville - Antiquities |
Mississippian culture - Alabama - Moundville |
Electronic books. |
Moundville (Ala.) Antiquities |
Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to the Mound Excavations, 1989-1998; 2. Chronology, Units of Content, and Pottery Classification; 3. Classification of Objects Other than Pottery; 4. Excavations in Mound Q; 5. Excavations in Mound E; 6. Excavations in Mounds P, R, F, G, and A; 7. Collections from Mounds B, H, I, J, K, L, and M; 8. Zooarchaeology of the Moundville Elite H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott; 9. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions; Appendix 1. Botanical Remains from Mounds Q and G; Appendix 2. Inventory of Features, Mounds Q and E |
Appendix 3. Catalog Numbers of Illustrated ArtifactsAppendix 4. Those Who Did the Work; References Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How social and political power was wielded in order to build Moundville This work is a state-of-the-art, data-rich study of excavations undertaken at the Moundville site in west central Alabama, one of the largest and most complex of the mound sites of pre-contact North America. Despite the site's importance and sustained attention by researchers, until now it has lacked a comprehensive analysis of its modern excavations. Richly documented by maps, artifact photo-graphs, profiles of strata, and inventories of materials found, the present work explores one expression |
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