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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791966703321

Autore

Phillips Philip <1900-1994.>

Titolo

Archaeological survey in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, 1940-1947 [[electronic resource] /] / Philip Phillips, James A. Ford, and James B. Griffin ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8173-8475-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (626 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

FordJames Alfred <1911-1968.>

GriffinJames B <1905-1997.> (James Bennett)

WilliamsStephen <1926->

Disciplina

976.3/301

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Lower Mississippi River Valley - Antiquities

Indian pottery - Lower Mississippi River Valley

Mississippi River Valley Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum, 1951, in series: Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University ; v. 25.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. The geographic setting -- section 2. The archaeological field work -- section 3. Classification of the pottery -- section 4. Distribution of some Mississippi period vessel shapes and features -- section 5. Seriation analysis of potter collections -- section 6. Stratigraphy -- section 7. Correlation of archaeological sequences with recent drainage history -- section 8. Analysis of occupation site plans -- section 9. Identification of sites from documentary source -- seciton 10. Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication. A classic work by three important scholars who document prehistoric human occupation along the lower reaches of the continent's largest river.  The Lower Mississippi Survey was initiated in 1939 as a joint undertaking of three institutions: the School of Geology at Louisiana State University, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the Peabody Museum at Harvard. Fieldwork began in 1940 but was halted during the war years. When fieldwork resumed in 1946, James Ford had joined the



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