LEADER 03405nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910778833103321 005 20220524190433.0 010 $a0-8173-8468-5 010 $a0-585-34245-8 035 $a(CKB)111004368626342 035 $a(EBL)589758 035 $a(OCoLC)670411960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000203620 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181123 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203620 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132045 035 $a(PQKB)11053623 035 $a(OCoLC)47009727 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL589758 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC589758 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368626342 100 $a19980512d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMississippian towns and sacred spaces$b[electronic resource] $esearching for an architectural grammar /$fedited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout 210 $aTuscaloosa, Ala. $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0947-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Metaphor 327 $aReferences CitedContributors; Index 330 $aArchaeologists 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 m 606 $aMississippian culture 606 $aMississippian architecture 606 $aUrban Indians$zSouthern States 606 $aUrban Indians$zMississippi River Valley 606 $aSacred space$zSouthern States 606 $aSacred space$zMississippi River Valley 607 $aSouthern States$xAntiquities 607 $aMississippi River Valley$xAntiquities 615 0$aMississippian culture. 615 0$aMississippian architecture. 615 0$aUrban Indians 615 0$aUrban Indians 615 0$aSacred space 615 0$aSacred space 676 $a306/.09762 701 $aLewis$b R. Barry$01573429 701 $aStout$b Charles B$01573430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778833103321 996 $aMississippian towns and sacred spaces$93849169 997 $aUNINA