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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791972603321

Autore

Granberry Julian

Titolo

The Calusa [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic and cultural origins and relationships / / Julian Granberry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8173-8579-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Disciplina

975/.01

Soggetti

Calusa Indians - History

Calusa Indians - Social life and customs

Calusa Indians - Languages

Tunica language - Etymology

Tunica language - Lexicology

Anthropological linguistics - Southern States

Weeden Island culture - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Investigating the Calusa; 2. The European Period History of the Calusa; 3. Records of Calusa Culture; 4. The Source of the Calusa Language; 5. The Nature of the Calusa Language; 6. Tracing the Calusa Migration; 7. The Calusa and the Weeden Island Gulf Tradition; 8. The Language and Culture of Mid-Florida; 9. A Final Assessment; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The linguistic origins of Native American cultures and the connections between these cultures as traced through language in prehistory remain vexing questions for scholars across multiple disciplines and interests.  Native American linguist Julian Granberry defines the Calusa language, formerly spoken in southwestern coastal Florida, and traces its connections to the Tunica language of northeast Louisiana.    Archaeologists, ethnologists, and linguists have long assumed that the Calusa language of southwest Florida was unrelated to any other Native Ame