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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791466103321

Autore

Blitz John Howard

Titolo

The Chattahoochee chiefdoms [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Blitz and Karl G. Lorenz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8173-8460-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LorenzKarl G <1961-> (Karl Gregory)

Disciplina

975.8/01

Soggetti

Mississippian culture - Chattahoochee River Valley

Indians of North America - Chattahoochee River Valley - Kings and rulers

Indians of North America - Chattahoochee River Valley - Politics and government

Chiefdoms - Chattahoochee River Valley

Excavations (Archaeology) - Chattahoochee River Valley

Chattahoochee River Valley Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Political and social integration in rank societies : a Mississippian case study -- Mississippian political and social integration -- Archaeology of the mound centers -- The cultural chronology, A.D. 1100-1650 -- Archaeological measures of political integration -- Archaeological measures of social integration -- The rise and decline of the Chattahoochee chiefdoms -- Research synopsis and theory synthesis -- Appendix A: The multiple-mound-center excavations -- Appendix B: The single-mound-center excavations -- Appendix C: Pottery classification -- Appendix D: Seriation methods.

Sommario/riassunto

An overview and model of complex society in the prehistoric Southeast.   Along the banks of the lower Chattahoochee River, the remains of ancient settlements are abundant, including archaeological sites produced by Native Americans between 900 and 350 years ago, and marked by the presence of large earthen mounds. Like similar monuments elsewhere in the Southeastern United States, the lower Chatta-hoochee River mounds have long attracted the attention of



travelers, antiquarians, and archaeologists.  As objects from the mounds were unearthed, occa