Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley

Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley

Author: Charles H. McNutt

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1996-05-30

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0817308075

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Experts throughout the Central Mississippi Valley present current views of the regional cultural sequences supported by data concerning recent surveys and excavations.


Mississippian Settlement Patterns

Mississippian Settlement Patterns

Author: Bruce D. Smith

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1483220249

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Studies in Archeology: Mississippian Settlement Patterns explains the cultural organization of many of the prehistoric societies in the Eastern United States during the last 1000 years of their existence. This book emphasizes the difference between the central core of Mississippian societies and those peripheral societies that preceded its development. Readers are advised to begin the examination of this compilation by reading Chapter 16 first, followed by Chapters 8 to 13 and 15, in order to understand the variations of patterning among societies that are commonly regarded as nascent or developed Mississippian. The rest of the chapters analyze cultural groups on the West, North, and Northeast that are not Mississippian societies, including a discussion of late prehistoric societies that are in some ways divergent but are sometimes regarded as Mississippian. This publication is valuable to archeologists, historians, and researchers conducting work on Mississippian societies.