Author: Edmond A. Boudreaux (III)
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Megan C. Kassabaum
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 1683402413
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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This book presents a temporally and geographically broad yet detailed history of an important form of Native American architecture, the platform mound. While the variation in these earthen monuments across the eastern United States has sparked much debate among archaeologists, this landmark study reveals unexpected continuities in moundbuilding over many thousands of years. In A History of Platform Mound Ceremonialism, Megan Kassabaum synthesizes an exceptionally wide dataset of 149 platform mound sites from the earliest iterations of the structure 7,500 years ago to its latest manifestations. Kassabaum discusses Archaic period sites from Florida and the Lower Mississippi Valley, as well as Woodland period sites across the Midwest and Southeast, to revisit traditional perspectives on later, more well-known Mississippian-era mounds. Kassabaum’s chronological approach corrects major flaws in the ways these constructions have been interpreted in the past. This comprehensive history exposes nonlinear shifts in mound function, use, and meaning across space and time and suggests a dynamic view of the vitality and creativity of their builders. Ending with a discussion of Native American beliefs about and uses of earthen mounds today, Kassabaum reminds us that this history will continue to be written for many generations to come. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Author: Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817361537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401

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"Southern Footprints celebrates the more than fifty years of research projects carried out by University of South Alabama archaeologists and students as well as staff at the Center for Archaeological Studies in Mobile. Their dynamic work has been public facing through programs and exhibits curated at the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum. Archaeologists Gregory A. Waselkov, former director of the Center, and Philip J. Carr, current director of the Center, present the "greatest hits" that have transformed knowledge of human history on the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast from the Ice Age until recently. Of the hundreds of archaeological sites, premiere historic sites, such as Old Mobile and Holy Ground, are now archaeological preserves. Essays are arranged chronologically overall and survey the history and archaeology of a wide range of significant sites such as the Gulf Shores canoe canal, Bottle Creek Mounds, Old Mobile, Fort Mims, Spanish Fort, Spring Hill College, and Mobile River Bridge. Waselkov and Carr take care to acknowledge in these stories populations who are typically underdocumented and recognize the contributions of Native Americans and African Americans as uncovered through archaeology. While documenting all material culture and places that have been saved and preserved, they also note the dire impacts of climate change, environmental disasters, development, and neglect and share their urgency to protect these areas of shared history. Copious color photographs showcase the archaeology as it unfolded, often with the help of dedicated volunteers. Southern Footprints will serve as an indispensable reference on the rich Gulf heritage for all to appreciate"--

Author: J. Mark Williams
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Author: Alice P. Wright
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065283
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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Fourteen in-depth case studies incorporate empirical data with theoretical concepts such as ritual, aggregation, and place-making, highlighting the variability and common themes in the relationships between people, landscapes, and the built environment that characterize this period of North American native life in the Southeast.

Author: H. Edwin Jackson
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Author: Jay K. Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 1404

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Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

Author: John M. Connaway
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Clarence Bloomfield Moore
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817309926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537

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This comprehensive compilation of Moore's archaeological reports on northwest Florida and southern Alabama and Georgia presents the earliest documented investigations of this region.