03405nam 2200709 a 450 991077883310332120220524190433.00-8173-8468-50-585-34245-8(CKB)111004368626342(EBL)589758(OCoLC)670411960(SSID)ssj0000203620(PQKBManifestationID)11181123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203620(PQKBWorkID)10132045(PQKB)11053623(OCoLC)47009727(MdBmJHUP)muse9097(Au-PeEL)EBL589758(CaPaEBR)ebr10527796(MiAaPQ)EBC589758(EXLCZ)9911100436862634219980512d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMississippian towns and sacred spaces[electronic resource] searching for an architectural grammar /edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles StoutTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc19981 online resource (322 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0947-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Design of Mississippian Towns; 2. Town Structure at the Edge of the Mississippian World; 3. The Nature of Mississippian Towns in Georgia: The King Site Example; 4. Mississippian Towns in the Eastern Tennessee Valley; 5. Mississippian Sacred Landscapes: The View from Alabama; 6. Mississippi Period Mound Groups and Communities in the Lower Mississippi Valley; 7. Mississippian Towns in Kentucky; 8. Towns along the Lower Ohio; 9. The Mississippian Town Plan and Cultural Landscape of Cahokia, Illinois; 10. The Town as MetaphorReferences CitedContributors; IndexArchaeologists and architects draw upon theoretical perspectives from their fields to provide valuable insights into the structure, development, and meaning of prehistoric communities. Architecture is the most visible physical manifestation of human culture. The built environment envelops our lives and projects our distinctive regional and ethnic identities to the world around us. Archaeology and architecture find common theoretical ground in their perspectives of the homes, spaces, and communities that people create for themselves. Although archaeologists and architects mMississippian cultureMississippian architectureUrban IndiansSouthern StatesUrban IndiansMississippi River ValleySacred spaceSouthern StatesSacred spaceMississippi River ValleySouthern StatesAntiquitiesMississippi River ValleyAntiquitiesMississippian culture.Mississippian architecture.Urban IndiansUrban IndiansSacred spaceSacred space306/.09762Lewis R. Barry1573429Stout Charles B1573430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778833103321Mississippian towns and sacred spaces3849169UNINA