03116nam 2200649Ia 450 991082144750332120200520144314.0(CKB)2550000000019439(EBL)475220(OCoLC)609852646(SSID)ssj0000482782(PQKBManifestationID)11317871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482782(PQKBWorkID)10529179(PQKB)11349405(Au-PeEL)EBL475220(CaPaEBR)ebr10387779(MiAaPQ)EBC475220(EXLCZ)99255000000001943919980325d1998 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArchaeology of the Moundville chiefdom /edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr. and Vincas P. Steponaitis1st ed.Tuscaloosa, AL University of Alabama Press19981 online resource (229 p.)Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1529-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-198) and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Edition; 1. A New History of Moundville; 2. Population Trends at Moundville; 3· Moundville as a Diagrammatic Ceremonial Center; 4. Domestic Life on the Northwest Riverbank at Moundville; 5. Of Time and the River: Perspectives on Health during the Moundville Chiefdom; 6. Human Subsistence at Moundville: The Stable-Isotope Data; 7. Outlying Sites within the Moundville Chiefdom; 8. The Oliver Site and Early Moundville I Phase Economic Organization; Bibliography; IndexAt its height the Moundville ceremonial center was a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today, Moundville is not only one the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States, but also one of the most intensively studied. This volume brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site's evolution and eventual decline.Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry.Mississippian cultureAlabamaBlack Warrior River ValleyChiefdomsAlabamaBlack Warrior River ValleyIndian potteryAlabamaBlack Warrior River ValleySocial archaeologyAlabamaBlack Warrior River ValleyMoundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.)AntiquitiesMississippian cultureChiefdomsIndian potterySocial archaeology976976.1/43Knight Vernon J1029062Steponaitis Vincas P1607225MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821447503321Archaeology of the Moundville chiefdom4006732UNINA