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Native Americans before 1492 : The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands  Cover Image Book Book

Native Americans before 1492 : The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands / Lynda Norene Shaffer.

Summary:

A survey of the pre-Columbian history of the eastern United States profiles three moundbuilding epochs: Poverty Point, Adena-Hopewell, and Chahokia and other Mississippian centers, and examines the subregions, outposts, and decline of the Chahokia.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1563240297
  • ISBN: 9781563240294
  • ISBN: 1563240300
  • ISBN: 9781563240300
  • Physical Description: xxi, 124 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1992.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-117) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Kevin Reilly -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Archaic Context from Which Moundbuilding Emerged -- 3. Poverty Point, the First Moundbuilding Epoch -- 4. Adena-Hopewell, the Second Moundbuilding Epoch -- 5. Cahokia and Other Mississippian Period Centers, the Third Moundbuilding Epoch -- 6. Subregions, Outposts, and the Decline of Cahokia -- 7. Conclusion.
Subject: Mound-builders > East (U.S.)
Mississippian culture > East (U.S.)
East (U.S.) > Antiquities.
Mound-builders > États-Unis (Est)
Culture du Mississippi > États-Unis (Est)
États-Unis (Est) > Antiquités.
Antiquities.
Mississippian culture.
Mound-builders.
East United States.
Indianen.
Heuvels.
Wohnhügel
USA > Oststaaten
USA > Südstaaten
Amérindien (peuple) > tumulus > Amérique du Nord > origines > 1492.
Mounds and mound builders > East (U.S.)

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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