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Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland

Steponaitis, Vincas P.
Scarry, C. Margaret

Paperback

Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen

AnthropologyArchaeologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0813068037
ISBN13: 9780813068039
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Florida
Published: Oct 29 2019
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and public buildings, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory, iconography, and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the rural hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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