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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827278403321

Autore

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

Titolo

The Lower Mississippi Valley expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore / / edited and with an introduction by Dan F. Morse and Phyllis A. Morse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c1998

ISBN

0-585-14098-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

MorseDan F

MorsePhyllis A

Disciplina

977.01

977.032092

977/.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Mississippi River Valley - Antiquities

Mounds - Mississippi River Valley

Mississippi River Valley Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Reprint of articles originally published 1908-1918."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [21]-24) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Some aboriginal sites on Mississippi River -- Additional investigation on Mississippi River -- [From the Northwest Florida coast revisited] -- Certain mounds of Arkansas and of Mississippi --  Antiquities of the St. Francis, White, and Black Rivers, Arkansas.

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication C. B. Moore's investigations of the Lower Mississippi Valley are here collected in a one-volume facsimile edition. Like many other natural scientists from the Victorian era, Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852-1917) lived several lives-adventurer, paper company executive, archaeologist; however, Moore is chiefly remembered for the twenty-five years he spent investigating and documenting archaeological sites along every navigable waterway in the southeastern United States. Moore's surveys were and are impressive, and he