Time's river [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological syntheses from the lower Mississippi River Valley / / edited by Janet Rafferty and Evan Peacock

• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (567 p.)
• Disciplina: 977
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Lower Mississippi River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology) - Lower Mississippi River Valley; Prehistoric peoples - Lower Mississippi River Valley; Indians of North America - Lower Mississippi River Valley - Antiquities
• Soggetto geografico: Lower Mississippi River Valley Antiquities; Interstate 69 Antiquities; Lower Mississippi River Valley History
• Altri autori: RaffertyJanet <1947-> PeacockEvan <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-533) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Reconsidering the archaeology of the lower Mississippi River Valley / Janet Rafferty and Evan Peacock -- The Interstate 69 project in Mississippi : generation of an archaeological synthesis / John R. Underwood, James H. Turner, and Kevin L. Bruce -- Archaeology in the lower Mississippi Valley / Robert C. Dunnell -- Archaeological things : languages of observation / Robert C. Dunnell -- Paleoenvironmental modeling in the lower Mississippi River Valley : past and future approaches / Evan Peacock -- Settlement patterns, occupations, and field methods / Janet Rafferty -- Prehistoric settlement in the lower Mississippi Valley : a critical review / Carl P. Lipo and Robert C. Dunnell -- Absolute dating in the Mississippi Delta / James K. Feathers -- Bioarchaeology in the Mississippi Delta / S. Homes Hogue -- Through the lens of the lithic analyst : the organization of Mississippi Delta chipped-stone technologies / Philip J. Carr -- Review of ceramic compositional studies from in and around the Mississippi Valley / Hector Neff -- Ceramic petrography and the classification of Mississippi's archaeological pottery by fabric : a GIS approach / Michael L. Galaty -- Faunal research in the Yazoo Basin and lower Mississippi Valley : setting parameters for future research in the I-69 corridor, Mississippi / H. Edwin Jackson -- Paleoethnobotanical information and issues relevant to the I-69 overview process, northwest Mississippi / Gayle J. Fritz -- Archaeological remote sensing research in the Yazoo Basin : a history and evaluation / Jay K. Johnson -- Culture contact along the I-69 corridor : protohistoric and historic use of the northern Yazoo Basin, Mississippi / Ian W. Brown -- Sad song in the Delta : the potential for historical archaeology in the I-69 corridor / Amy L. Young -- Fording the river : concluding comments / Janet Rafferty and Evan Peacock.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume stands as a key general resource for archaeologists working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi north to Missouri and Kentucky, and it represents an opportunity to influence for decades a large part of the archaeological work to take place in the Southeast. The book responds to a need for a comprehensive archaeological overview of the Lower Mississippi Valley that forms a portion of an interstate corridor spanning nine states that will run from southern Michigan to the Texas-Mexico border. The culturally sensitive Mississippi Delt
• Titolo autorizzato: Time's river
• ISBN: 0-8173-8112-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778041103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II