Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds

Author: Robert C. Mainfort Jr.

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1557286396

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Pinson Mounds: Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Midsouth is a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the largest Middle Woodland mound complex in the Southeast. Located in west Tennessee about ten miles south of Jackson, the Pinson Mounds complex includes at least thirteen mounds, a geometric earthen embankment, and contemporary short-term occupation areas within an area of about four hundred acres. A unique feature of Pinson Mounds is the presence of five large, rectangular platform mounds from eight to seventy-two feet in height. Around A.D. 100, Pinson Mounds was a pilgrimage center that drew visitors from well beyond the local population and accommodated many distinct cultural groups and people of varied social stations. Stylistically nonlocal ceramics have been found in virtually every excavated locality, all together representing a large portion of the Southeast. Along with an overview of this important and unique mound complex, Pinson Mounds also provides a reassessment of roughly contemporary centers in the greater Midsouth and Lower Mississippi Valley and challenges past interpretations of the Hopewell phenomenon in the region.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Scenes
Mississippi Gulf Coast Scenes

Author: Joseph A. Arrigo

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780882893020

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Following his book, The French Quarter and Other New Orleans Scenes pen and ink artist Joseph Arrigo, a native New Orleanian, has compiled this collection of sketches from such gulf coast cities as Gulfport, Biloxi, and Ocean Springs. Each of his illustrations is accompanied by a description explaining its significance. Arrigo's sketches include everything from the St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis to the Old Spanish Fort in Pascagoula, and from the Dixie White House in Pass Christian to Shearwater Pottery Workshop in Ocean Springs. There is no scene in which Arrigo does not find beauty as he visits other Gulf Coast cities such as Gautier, Mississippi City, Long Beach, and Waveland. Homes, churches, colleges, forts, and historic avenues are all represented in Arrigo's collection. Mississippi Gulf Coast Scenes is sure to delight anyone wishing to hold on to fond memories of the beauty of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joseph A. Arrigo, a New Orleans author and artist, has written and illustrated several books about the South. In addition to Mississippi Gulf Coast Scenes and The French Quarter and Other New Orleans Scenes Arrigo is the author and illustrator of Steamboats on the River Coloring Book, Historic Natchez Homes Coloring Book, The Louisiana Plantation Coloring Book, and Historic Baton Rouge Coloring Book. All are published by Pelican.