Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain
Title | Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick C. Livingood |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0817356398 |
Using research at the Pevey (22Lw510) and Lowe-Steen (22Lw511) mound sites on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, Mississippi, this book explores the social and political mechanisms by which these polities may have interacted with each other and the geographic limit to the effects of inter-polity competition.
Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology
Title | Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | David G. Anderson |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | 293 |
Release | 2012-04-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1646425596 |
This book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series represents a period-by-period synthesis of southeastern prehistory designed for high school and college students, avocational archaeologists, and interested members of the general public. It also serves as a basic reference for professional archaeologists worldwide on the record of a remarkable region.
Archaeological Perspectives on the Southern Appalachians
Title | Archaeological Perspectives on the Southern Appalachians PDF eBook |
Author | Ramie A. Gougeon |
Publisher | Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | 327 |
Release | 2015-03-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1621901025 |
"This volume demonstrates how archaeologists working in the Southern Appalachian region over the past 40 years have developed rich interpretations of prehistoric and historic Southeastern Native societies by examining them from multiple scales of analysis. The end results of these examinations demonstrate both the uses and the constraints of multiscalar approaches in reconstructing various lifeways across the Southeast"--
Archaeological Remote Sensing in North America
Title | Archaeological Remote Sensing in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Rory Becker |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | 305 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 081731959X |
10. Anthropologically Focused Geophysical Surveys and Public Archaeology: Engaging Present-Day Agents in Placemaking - Edward R. Henry, Philip B. Mink II, and W. Stephen McBride -- Part 4. Earthen Mound Construction and Composition -- 11. The Role of Geophysics in Evaluating Structural Variation in Middle Woodland Mounds in the Lower Illinois River Valley - Jason L. King, Duncan P. McKinnon, Jason T. Herrmann, Jane E. Buikstra, and Taylor H. Thornton -- 12. The Anthropological Potential of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Southeastern Earthen Mound Investigations: A Case Study from Letchworth Mounds, Tallahassee, Florida - Daniel P. Bigman and Daniel M. Seinfeld -- 13. Exploring the Deepest Reaches of Arkansas's Tallest Mounds with Electrical Resistivity Tomography - James Zimmer-Dauphinee -- Part 5. Commentary -- 14. A Decade of Geophysics and Remote Sensing in North American Archaeology: Practices, Advances, and Trends - Kenneth L. Kvamme -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Shovel Ready
Title | Shovel Ready PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard K. Means |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | 330 |
Release | 2013-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0817357181 |
Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.
Contact, Colonialism, and Native Communities in the Southeastern United States
Title | Contact, Colonialism, and Native Communities in the Southeastern United States PDF eBook |
Author | Edmond A. Boudreaux III |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | 323 |
Release | 2020-02-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1683401360 |
The years AD 1500–1700 were a time of dramatic change for the indigenous inhabitants of southeastern North America, yet Native histories during this era have been difficult to reconstruct due to a scarcity of written records before the eighteenth century. Using archaeology to enhance our knowledge of the period, Contact, Colonialism, and Native Communities in the Southeastern United States presents new research on the ways Native societies responded to early contact with Europeans. Featuring sites from Kentucky to Mississippi to Florida, these case studies investigate how indigenous groups were affected by the expeditions of explorers such as Hernando de Soto, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Juan Pardo. Contributors re-create the social geography of the Southeast during this time, trace the ways Native institutions changed as a result of colonial encounters, and emphasize the agency of indigenous populations in situations of contact. They demonstrate the importance of understanding the economic, political, and social variability that existed between Native and European groups. Bridging the gap between historical records and material artifacts, this volume answers many questions and opens up further avenues for exploring these transformative centuries, pushing the field of early contact studies in new theoretical and methodological directions. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Beyond Collapse
Title | Beyond Collapse PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald K. Faulseit |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Total Pages | 553 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0809333996 |
This book interprets how ancient civilizations responded to various stresses, including environmental change, warfare, and the fragmentation of political institutions. It focuses on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful regimes, and posits that they experienced social resilience and transformation instead of collapse.