Archaic earthworks of the Lower Mississippi Valley : interpretations from the field / Jon L. Gibson.

"In the decades since the recognition of Archaic mounds in the Lower Mississippi Valley, archaeologists have proposed many different, and often opposing, interpretations of their meaning: physical, social, residential, and sacred uses are among the field's top explanations, but these are far from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibson, Jon L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Mounds > Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities.
Earthworks (Archaeology) > Mississippi River Valley.
Social archaeology > Mississippi River Valley.
Antiquities.
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Mounds.
Mississippi River Valley.
Physical Description:xiv, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Lots of Questions, Never Enough Answers
  • Archaic Mounds in Review
  • Chronology Unabridged
  • Reluctant Details: Poverty Point Construction
  • Building Progression and Mound Stages
  • Cosmic Mounds
  • Archaic Earthworks Lacking the MTV Layout
  • Building Big and Tall
  • Working on the Big Mound
  • Onset of Community
  • The Great Mounds: Beginning or End?
  • Middle Archaic Sociality and Authority
  • Poverty Point Sociality: A People Divided
  • Monuments for the Ages
  • Venerable Mound Building in Retrospect.