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UNINA9910778833103321 |
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Titolo |
Mississippian towns and sacred spaces [[electronic resource] ] : searching for an architectural grammar / / edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8468-5 |
0-585-34245-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LewisR. Barry |
StoutCharles B |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mississippian culture |
Mississippian architecture |
Urban Indians - Southern States |
Urban Indians - Mississippi River Valley |
Sacred space - Southern States |
Sacred space - Mississippi River Valley |
Southern States Antiquities |
Mississippi River Valley Antiquities |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Design of Mississippian Towns; 2. Town Structure at the Edge of the Mississippian World; 3. The Nature of Mississippian Towns in Georgia: The King Site Example; 4. Mississippian Towns in the Eastern Tennessee Valley; 5. Mississippian Sacred Landscapes: The View from Alabama; 6. Mississippi Period Mound Groups and Communities in the Lower Mississippi Valley; 7. Mississippian Towns in Kentucky; 8. Towns along the Lower Ohio; 9. The Mississippian Town Plan and Cultural Landscape of Cahokia, Illinois; 10. The Town as Metaphor |
References CitedContributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Archaeologists and architects draw upon theoretical perspectives from their fields to provide valuable insights into the structure, development, |
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