03099nam 22006854a 450 991078214310332120200520144314.00-8173-8200-3(CKB)1000000000537499(EBL)438191(OCoLC)463173418(SSID)ssj0000150187(PQKBManifestationID)11159881(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150187(PQKBWorkID)10239657(PQKB)10898670(SSID)ssj0000359587(PQKBManifestationID)12090038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359587(PQKBWorkID)10318073(PQKB)11185069(MdBmJHUP)muse8633(Au-PeEL)EBL438191(CaPaEBR)ebr10237179(MiAaPQ)EBC438191(EXLCZ)99100000000053749920020523d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEtowah[electronic resource] the political history of a chiefdom capital /Adam KingTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20031 online resource (191 p.)"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication."0-8173-1223-4 0-8173-1224-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-174) and index.Contents; Index; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Mississippian Chiefdoms and Political Change; 2. The Etowah River Valley and Its Mississippian Archaeology; 3. A Political History of Etowah; 4. The Rise and Fall of Etowah Valley Chiefdoms; 5. Understanding Etowah Valley Political Change; 6. Summary and Future Directions; Appendix: Radiocarbon Dating the Occupations at Etowah; References Cited A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This is a detailed reconstruction of the waxing and waning of political fortunes among the chiefly elites at an important center of the prehistoric world. At the time the first Europeans arrived in the New World, thousands of earthen platform mounds dotted the landscape of eastern North America. Only a few of the mound sites have survived the ravages of time and the devastation of pilferers; one of these valuable monuments is Etowah, located near Cartersville in northern Georgia. Over a period of more than Mississippian cultureGeorgiaEtowah River ValleyChiefdomsGeorgiaEtowah River ValleyMississippian potteryGeorgiaEtowah River ValleySocial archaeologyGeorgiaEtowah River ValleyEtowah Indian Mound State Historic Site (Ga.)Etowah River Valley (Ga.)AntiquitiesMississippian cultureChiefdomsMississippian potterySocial archaeology975.8/35King Adam1965-1543031MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782143103321Etowah3846650UNINA