Changing perspectives on the archaeology of the Central Mississippi River Valley [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael J. O'Brien and Robert C. Dunnell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778985803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998
• ISBN: 0-8173-8417-0; 0-585-14100-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): O'BrienMichael J <1950-> (Michael John); DunnellRobert C. <1942-2010.>
• Disciplina: 977/.01
• Soggetti: Mississippian culture; Excavations (Archaeology) - Mississippi River Valley - History; Mississippi River Valley Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: This volume originated from the 1993 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in St. Louis.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. A Brief Introduction to the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi River Valley; 2. An Examination of Mississippian-Period Phases in Southeastern Missouri; 3. Pottery, Radiocarbon Dates, and Mississippian-Period Chronology Building in Western Kentucky; 4. An Overview of Walls Engraved Pottery in the Central Mississippi Valley; 5. Graves Lake: A Late Mississippian-Period Village in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; 6. Landscape Change and Settlement Location in the Cairo Lowland of Southeastern Missouri; 7. Nonsite Survey in the Cairo Lowland of Southeastern Missouri 8. Powers Fort: A Middle Mississippian-Period Fortified Community in the Western Lowlands of Missouri; 9. The Langdon Site, Dunklin County, Missouri; 10. Moon: A Fortified Mississippian-Period Village in Poinsett County, Arkansas; 11. Variability in Crowley's Ridge Gravel; 12. Blade Technology and Nonlocal Cherts: Hopewell(?) Traits at the Twenhafel Site, Southern Illinois; 13. Prehistoric Diet in the Central Mississippi River Valley; Notes; References; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region. The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely known for the major research of the early 1950's. To bring the archaeological record up to date, fourteen Central Valley experts address diverse topics including the distribution of artifacts across the landscape, internal configurations of large fortified settlements, human-bo