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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811076103321

Autore

Moore Clarence B (Clarence Bloomfield), <1852-1936.>

Titolo

The Moundville expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore / / edited and with an introduction by Vernon James Knight, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, [1996]

ISBN

0-8173-8497-9

0-585-14096-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightVernon J

MooreClarence B <1852-1936.> (Clarence Bloomfield)

Disciplina

976.1/43

976.143

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley - Antiquities

Archaeological expeditions - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley

Indians of North America - Alabama - Antiquities

Mississippian culture - Alabama

Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)

Alabama Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sponsored by the Southeastern Archaeological Conference."

"The two works ... reproduced by facsimile in this volume were published originally in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1905 and 1907.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Certain aboriginal remains of the Black Warrior River -- Moundville revisited.

Sommario/riassunto

The two works reprinted in this volume represent the pinnacle of the career of one of the most remarkable American archaeologists of the early 20th century, Clarence Bloomfield Moore.   Moore's Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Black Warrior River (1905) and Moundville Revisited (1907) brought the Moundville site in Alabama to the attention of the scholarly world in dramatic fashion by offering a splendid photographic display and expert commentary on its artifactual richness. Moore was the leading southeastern specialist of his day and the most prolific excavator