Mound excavations at Moundville [[electronic resource] ] : architecture, elites, and social order / / Vernon James Knight, Jr. ; with a contribution by H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott
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Knight Vernon J
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| Titolo: |
Mound excavations at Moundville [[electronic resource] ] : architecture, elites, and social order / / Vernon James Knight, Jr. ; with a contribution by H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.1/43 |
| Soggetto topico: | Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama - Moundville |
| Mounds - Alabama - Moundville | |
| Architecture - Alabama - Moundville - History | |
| Elite (Social sciences) - Alabama - Moundville - History | |
| Social archaeology - Alabama - Moundville | |
| Indians of North America - Alabama - Moundville - Antiquities | |
| Mississippian culture - Alabama - Moundville | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Moundville (Ala.) Antiquities |
| Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.) | |
| Altri autori: |
JacksonH. Edwin
ScottSusan L
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 E |
| Appendix 3. Catalog Numbers of Illustrated ArtifactsAppendix 4. Those Who Did the Work; References Cited; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mound excavations at Moundville |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8151-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784902003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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