Ceramics, Chronology and Community Patterns An Archaeological Study at Moundville (Studies in Archaeology)

Vincas P. Steponaitis

ISBN 10: 0126662800 / ISBN 13: 9780126662801

Published by Academic Press, 1982

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Tan boards. 375pp. Studies in Archaeology.

Seller Inventory # 43489

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ceramics, Chronology and Community Patterns An Archaeological Study at Moundville (Studies in Archaeology)
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126662800
• ISBN 13: 9780126662801
• Binding: Paperback
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

This book should prove useful to scholars in a variety of ways, for it deals with culture-historical, methodological, and evolutionary issues from shedding light on Moundville’s development. In addressing matters of culture history, the study presents a detailed and well documented Mississippian chronology. It systemises and describes the late prehistoric ceramics from an important site, providing a benchmark that can be used in future studies of trade and stylistic interaction. And, perhaps even more importantly, it synthesizes the available information on Moundville’s development, taking into account settlement, subsistence, and mortuary evidence.

About the Author

Vincas P. Steponaitis is Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, and Chair of the Curriculum in Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.