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

Shaffer, Lynda 1944- (Author).

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: print
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.