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The Chattahoochee chiefdoms / John H. Blitz and Karl G. Lorenz.

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Along the banks of the lower Chattahoochee River, the remains of ancient settlements are abundant, including archaeological sites produced by Native Americans between 900 and 350 years ago, and marked by the presence of large earthen mounds. Like similar monuments elsewhere in the Southeastern Unite...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Blitz, John Howard
Other Authors: Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory), 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Mississippian culture > Chattahoochee River Valley.
Indians of North America > Chattahoochee River Valley > Kings and rulers.
Indians of North America > Chattahoochee River Valley > Politics and government.
Chiefdoms > Chattahoochee River Valley.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Chattahoochee River Valley.
Chattahoochee River Valley > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Chiefdoms.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of North America > Kings and rulers.
Indians of North America > Politics and government.
Mississippian culture.
United States > Chattahoochee River Valley.
Table of Contents:
  • Political and social integration in rank societies : a Mississippian case study
  • Mississippian political and social integration
  • Archaeology of the mound centers
  • The cultural chronology, A.D. 1100-1650
  • Archaeological measures of political integration
  • Archaeological measures of social integration
  • The rise and decline of the Chattahoochee chiefdoms
  • Research synopsis and theory synthesis
  • Appendix A: The multiple-mound-center excavations
  • Appendix B: The single-mound-center excavations
  • Appendix C: Pottery classification
  • Appendix D: Seriation methods.

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