03753nam 2200733Ia 450 991046004760332120200520144314.00-8173-8151-1(CKB)2670000000037610(EBL)565741(OCoLC)664233650(SSID)ssj0000459258(PQKBManifestationID)11306490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459258(PQKBWorkID)10460566(PQKB)11344486(MiAaPQ)EBC565741(MdBmJHUP)muse8935(Au-PeEL)EBL565741(CaPaEBR)ebr10408241(EXLCZ)99267000000003761020090930d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMound excavations at Moundville[electronic resource] architecture, elites, and social order /Vernon James Knight, Jr. ; with a contribution by H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. ScottTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press20101 online resource (426 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1687-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to the Mound Excavations, 1989-1998; 2. Chronology, Units of Content, and Pottery Classification; 3. Classification of Objects Other than Pottery; 4. Excavations in Mound Q; 5. Excavations in Mound E; 6. Excavations in Mounds P, R, F, G, and A; 7. Collections from Mounds B, H, I, J, K, L, and M; 8. Zooarchaeology of the Moundville Elite H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott; 9. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions; Appendix 1. Botanical Remains from Mounds Q and G; Appendix 2. Inventory of Features, Mounds Q and EAppendix 3. Catalog Numbers of Illustrated ArtifactsAppendix 4. Those Who Did the Work; References Cited; IndexHow social and political power was wielded in order to build Moundville This work is a state-of-the-art, data-rich study of excavations undertaken at the Moundville site in west central Alabama, one of the largest and most complex of the mound sites of pre-contact North America. Despite the site's importance and sustained attention by researchers, until now it has lacked a comprehensive analysis of its modern excavations. Richly documented by maps, artifact photo-graphs, profiles of strata, and inventories of materials found, the present work explores one expression Excavations (Archaeology)AlabamaMoundvilleMoundsAlabamaMoundvilleArchitectureAlabamaMoundvilleHistoryElite (Social sciences)AlabamaMoundvilleHistorySocial archaeologyAlabamaMoundvilleIndians of North AmericaAlabamaMoundvilleAntiquitiesMississippian cultureAlabamaMoundvilleMoundville (Ala.)AntiquitiesMoundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)Electronic books.Excavations (Archaeology)MoundsArchitectureHistory.Elite (Social sciences)History.Social archaeologyIndians of North AmericaAntiquities.Mississippian culture976.1/43Knight Vernon J1029062Jackson H. Edwin1057469Scott Susan L1057470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460047603321Mound excavations at Moundville2492791UNINA