Moundville [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Blitz

• Autore: Blitz John Howard
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.1/43
• Soggetto topico: Mississippian culture - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley; Mississippian pottery - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley
• Soggetto geografico: Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.); Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-116) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introducing Moundville -- Revealing Moundville's mysteries -- Moundville and the Mississippians -- "This great group of mounds" -- History written with a shovel -- Life and death at Moundville -- Visiting Moundville Archaeological Park.
• Sommario/riassunto: Inaugural pocket guide from our new series of illustrated guidebooks In the 13th century, Moundville was one of the largest Native American settlements north of Mexico. Spread over 325 acres were 29 earthen mounds arranged around a great plaza, a mile-long stockade, and dozens of dwellings for thousands of people. Moundville, in size and complexity second only to the Cahokia site in Illinois, was a heavily populated town, as well as a political and religious center. Moundville was sustained by tribute of food and labor provided by the people who lived
• Titolo autorizzato: Moundville
• ISBN: 0-8173-8067-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456320103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Alabama, the forge of history.