Light on the path [[electronic resource] ] : the anthropology and history of the southeastern Indians / / edited by Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Robbie Ethridge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820166003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-8173-8419-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HudsonCharles M; PluckhahnThomas J <1966-> (Thomas John); EthridgeRobbie Franklyn <1955->
• Disciplina: 975.004/97
• Soggetti: Mississippian culture - Southern States; Chiefdoms - Southern States; Indians of North America - Southern States - History; Indians of North America - Southern States - Antiquities; Southern States History; Southern States Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Contains much of the proceedings of a day-long symposium honoring Charles Hudson on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Georgia."--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Thomas J. Pluckhahn ... [et al.] -- The nature of Mississippian regional systems / David J. Hally -- Lithics, shellfish, and beavers / Mark Williams and Scott Jones -- The Cussita migration legend : history, ideology, and the politics of mythmaking / Steven C. Hahn -- Coalescent societies / Stephen A. Kowalewski -- "A bold and warlike people" : the basis of Westo power / Eric Bowne -- New light on the Tsali affair / William Martin Jurgelski -- "A sprightly lover is the most prevailing missionary" : intermarriage between Europeans and Indians in the eighteenth-century South / Theda Perdue -- The historic period transformation of Mississippian societies / Adam King -- Bridging prehistory and history in the southeast : evaluating the utility of the acculturation concept / John E. Worth -- Creating the shatter zone : Indian slave traders and the collapse of the southeastern ; chiefdoms / Robbie Ethridge.
• Sommario/riassunto: A seamless social history of the native peoples of the American South, bridging prehistory and history. The past 20 years have witnessed a change in the study of the prehistory and history of the native peoples of the American South. This paradigm shift is the bridging of prehistory and history to fashion a seamless social history that includes not only the 16th-century Late Mississippian period and the 18th-century colonial period but also the largely forgotten--and critically important--century in between. The shift is in part methodological, for it involves com