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| Author | : Eric E. Bowne |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2013-06-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0820345776 |
From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today’s southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities—scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as Texas—are still visible and awe-inspiring today. This heavily illustrated guide brings these settlements to life with maps, artists’ reconstructions, photos of artifacts, and historic and modern photos of sites, connecting our archaeological knowledge with what is visible when visiting the sites today. Anthropologist Eric E. Bowne discusses specific structures at each location and highlights noteworthy museums, artifacts, and cultural features. He also provides an introduction to Mississippian culture, offering background on subsistence and settlement practices, political and social organization, warfare, and belief systems that will help readers better understand these complex and remarkable places. Sites include Cahokia, Moundville, Etowah, and many more. A Friends Fund Publication
| Author | : Eric E. Bowne |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 269 |
| Release | : 2013-06-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0820344982 |
From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today’s southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities—scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as Texas—are still visible and awe-inspiring today. This heavily illustrated guide brings these settlements to life with maps, artists’ reconstructions, photos of artifacts, and historic and modern photos of sites, connecting our archaeological knowledge with what is visible when visiting the sites today. Anthropologist Eric E. Bowne discusses specific structures at each location and highlights noteworthy museums, artifacts, and cultural features. He also provides an introduction to Mississippian culture, offering background on subsistence and settlement practices, political and social organization, warfare, and belief systems that will help readers better understand these complex and remarkable places. Sites include Cahokia, Moundville, Etowah, and many more.
| Author | : Gregory L. Little |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 64 |
| Release | : 2017-05-17 |
| Genre | : Indians of North America |
| ISBN | : 9780965539289 |
Alabama once had thousands of mounds built by the ancestors of modern Native American tribes as long ago as 5,000 years. In this full-color guidebook, 23 public and ancient Indian mound sites, stonewall sites, and museums devoted to the mound builders are detailed along with details on 23 other sites and numerous smaller mound sites. The locations and other pertinent details are presented in an alphabetical order along with a map showing all of the public sites. The book also includes detailed site maps of several locations where hundreds of stone mounds and stone walls constructed by ancient Native Americans are found. In addition, a host of new archaeological reconstructions are included consisting of the Bessemer Mounds, Bottle Creek Mounds, Buttahatchee Mounds in Hamilton, Collinsville Mound, Florence Mound, Moundville, and the Skeleton Mountain Snake Effigy.
| Author | : Dr Gregory L. Little |
| Publisher | : Archetype Books |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2017-08-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780965539296 |
| Author | : Louise Spilsbury |
| Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 2018-07-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1538225670 |
The Mound Builders were some of the most advanced Native peoples to be encountered by European explorers. They made their homes in the part of North America along what is now known as the Mississippi River. Their complex, ancient culture is very impressive: the Mound Builders are credited with being the first group of people to rely on farming as a major source of food. This book features photographs of cool artifacts and critical thinking questions to engage readers as they draw their own conclusions while learning about the Mound Builders.
| Author | : Robert Silverberg |
| Publisher | : New York Graphic Society |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Mound-builders |
| ISBN | : |
Provides an introduction to the ancient Indian mound builders of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
| Author | : Stephen Denison Peet |
| Publisher | : Chicago : [s.n.] |
| Total Pages | : 454 |
| Release | : 1892 |
| Genre | : Mound-builders |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Calvin Smith Brown |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Mississippi |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : P. Clay Sherrod |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 174 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Robbie Ethridge |
| Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2020-11-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1683401905 |
This volume uses case studies to capture the recent emphasis on history in archaeological reconstructions of America’s deep past. Previously, archaeologists studying “prehistoric” America focused on long-term evolutionary change, imagining ancient societies like living organisms slowly adapting to environmental challenges. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how today’s researchers are incorporating a new awareness that the precolonial era was also shaped by people responding to historical trends and forces. Essays in this volume delve into sites across what is now the United States Southeast—the St. Johns River Valley, the Gulf Coast, Greater Cahokia, Fort Ancient, the southern Appalachians, and the Savannah River Valley. Prominent scholars of the region highlight the complex interplay of events, human decision-making, movements, and structural elements that combined to shape native societies. The research in this volume represents a profound shift in thinking about precolonial and colonial history and begins to erase the false divide between ancient and contemporary America. Contributors: Susan M. Alt | Robin Beck | Eric E. Bowne | Robert A. Cook | Robbie Ethridge | Jon Bernard Marcoux | Timothy R. Pauketat | Thomas J. Pluckhahn | Asa R. Randall | Christopher B. Rodning | Kenneth E. Sassaman | Lynne P. Sullivan | Victor D. Thompson | Neill J. Wallis | John E. Worth A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
