Archaeology, History, and Predictive Modeling [[electronic resource] ] : Research at Fort Polk, 1972-2002

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462651803321
• Autore: Anderson David G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (682 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JosephJoseph W; SmithSteven D; ReedMary Beth
• Disciplina: 976.3; 976.3/6
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Environmental Setting; 2. Previous Cultural Resource Investigations in the Vicinity of Fort Polk; 3. Prehistoric Settlement Analyses and Predictive Modeling in West-Central Louisiana; 4. The 1988 and 1995 Fort Polk Predictive Models; 5. Prehistoric Assemblages in the Vicinity of Fort Polk; 6. The Prehistoric Cultural Sequence on Fort Polk; 7. Fort Polk's Historic Development; 8. A Historic Period Context for Fort Polk; Conclusions; References Cited; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Fort Polk Military Reservation encompasses approximately 139,000 acres in western Louisiana 40 miles southwest of Alexandria. As a result of federal mandates for cultural resource investigation, more archaeological work has been undertaken there, beginning in the 1970's, than has occurred at any other comparably sized area in Louisiana or at most other localities in the southeastern United States. The extensive program of survey, excavation, testing, and large-scale data and artifact recovery, as well as historic and archival research, has yielded a massive amount of information. While